“Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.” TwoWarEndsNationsMilitaryHorrorArmyPlantCongressCivilizedPacifistDynamiteRecoilCivilized Nations Author:Alfred Nobel
“The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.” WritingWarForceImpossibleCircumstancesExcellentVolumeSavants Author:Alfred Nobel
“The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading.” FirstsWarShowsFatherSawsFirst TimeTouchedProfessorsHammersAnvils Author:Alfred Nobel
“The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.” WarCountryGovernmentWould BeSolutionsConventions Author:Alfred Nobel
