Occupation: Writer Birth: April 21, 1837 Death: January 22, 1922
Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of law..
On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time wil….
To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of vie….
There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs..
Propaganda is a topic of particular concern to peace associations. This is a matter of educating the population in general, and not least the voters..
I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at….
But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabin….
Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting..
I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union..
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of th….
The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diploma….
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on prop….
Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights..
This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter mo….
Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have no….
Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so..
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who a….
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more ….
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession..
The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hea….
There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am….