Hartley William Shawcross

“This is not the trial of a nation. Still less is it a trial of a political party or of a system of government.”

“We are the masters now.”

“There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.”

“The right of the individual to be protected from private or collective attack is the foundation of the rule of law, and the first duty of a modern state.”

“The overwhelming interest of humanity is that this trial shall be fair, and that it shall be conducted with that dignity and judicial propriety which is the essence of the rule of law.”

“For let it be said that the future of this world is not in the hands of the Great Powers alone.”

“The Charter of this Tribunal...is the solemn and express declaration of the law of nations as it is.”