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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 23 quotes by Ludwig Quidde Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858, Bremen – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888–1918); the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and, finally, Nazi Germany. In 1927, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Born into a wealthy... Read full biography of Ludwig Quidde → 1 2 Ctrl → In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic. 0 The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of... → 0 Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace. 0 Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight... → 0 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... → 0 So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until... → 0 When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that... → 0 Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security. 0 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... → 0 Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace. 0 Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an... → 0 Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of... → 0 The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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