Occupation: Writer Birth: April 21, 1837 Death: January 22, 1922
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the m….
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….
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail..
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 ….
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….
There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great dea….
Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so..
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….
Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights..
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….
Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting..
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….
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….
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….
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….
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….
There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs..
I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union..
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievem….
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..