Quotes by Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

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Men

Armaments are necessary – or are maintained on the pretext of necessity – because of a real or an imagined danger of war.

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War

Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace.

Made

Maintenance

Progress

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Doe

Guarantees

Maintenance

Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.

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Law

Order

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.

Arbitration

Progress

Umpires

I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.

Firsts

Law

Two

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

Logic

Powerful

Psychology

It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes.

Burden

Economic

Intellectual

Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.

Demand

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War

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Quotes by Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

Armaments are necessary – or are maintained on the pretext of necessity – because of a real or an imagined danger of war.

Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.

I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.

It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes.

Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.

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