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Ludwig Quidde Biography

German Politician

German politician born on March 23, 1858, and died on March 4, 1941. Ludwig Quidde is known for his active participation in the German Social Democratic Party and the peace movement.

War States Imagine Danger Demand Ideals Assuming International Dare Pennies Superfluous Armament

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“The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.”

Law Speak Justice Principles Security Development Organization International International Law Law And Justice

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

Ends Numbers Century Propaganda Resolution Treaties Nineteenth Century Pacifist

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“The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.”

Years Problem Study Special Decided Unions Prepared Following Conferences

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“In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.”

Powerful Psychology Logic Public Life

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“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.”

Made Progress Conflict Court Submit Composition Procedures Pledge Umpires Treaties Contracting Arbitration Great Progress

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“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 simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.”

Should Country Certain Levels Taken Starting International Proportion Treaties Starting Point Armament

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“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.”

Wells Nations Social Economic Taxes Intellectual Resources Burden Enormous Budgets Sufficient Armament

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May Ideas Security Absolutes Lasting Naive Attainment Disarmament Secured Popular Song Lasting Love

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“When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all.”

War Government Security Military Danger Willing Logic Distrust Disarmament

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“Time and time again we have experienced efforts directed toward this popular and simple concept of securing peace by means of disarmament.”

Mean Simple Effort Concepts Disarmament

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

Made Progress Security Depends Limitation Maintenance Disarmament Armament

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“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.”

Ifs War Moving Nations Causes Teeth Usual Disarmament Causes Of War

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“Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.”

Doe Universal Guarantees Maintenance Disarmament

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“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.”

Men Kind Said Streets He Man Demand Importance They Said Neglected Restriction Disarmament Pacifist Pacifism Armament

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

War Real Danger Pretext Armament

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“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.”

Firsts Two Ends Law Written Century Periods International Convinced Divided Conferences Nineteenth Century International Law

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“Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.”

Ifs Way Has Beens Country Security Military Secure Affected Armament

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“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.”

Long Ideas Sound Security Eternal Importance Consideration Prime Pointless Disarmament Superfluous Pacifist Declaring Eternal Peace

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“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.”

Long Country Law Cases Impossible Military Protection Arguing Disarmament Armament

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“Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.”

Law Order Fighting Understanding Support Achieve International Mutual Law And Order International Law Armament Mutual Understanding

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“The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.”

Firsts Two Problem Relationship Security Guarantees Dependent Reverse Disarmament

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“We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.”

Danger Graves Pacifist Armament

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

Important Security Limitation Armament

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About the Author

Born: March 23, 1858
Died: March 4, 1941
Known for: German Politician
Quotes: 24

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