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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.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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.

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Ludwig Quidde

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.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

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 such is the case disarmament is impossible.

– Ludwig Quidde

Ludwig Quidde

Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained.

– Ludwig Quidde

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