“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.” WarStatesImagineDangerDemandIdealsAssumingInternationalDarePenniesSuperfluousArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“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.” ShouldCountryCertainLevelsTakenStartingInternationalProportionTreatiesStarting PointArmament Author: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.” WellsNationsSocialEconomicTaxesIntellectualResourcesBurdenEnormousBudgetsSufficientArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace.” MadeProgressSecurityDependsLimitationMaintenanceDisarmamentArmament Author: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.” MenKindSaidStreetsHe ManDemandImportanceThey SaidNeglectedRestrictionDisarmamentPacifistPacifismArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war.” WarRealDangerPretextArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.” IfsWayHas BeensCountrySecurityMilitarySecureAffectedArmament Author: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.” LongCountryLawCasesImpossibleMilitaryProtectionArguingDisarmamentArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“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.” LawOrderFightingUnderstandingSupportAchieveInternationalMutualLaw And OrderInternational LawArmamentMutual Understanding Author:Ludwig Quidde
“We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.” DangerGravesPacifistArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security.” ImportantSecurityLimitationArmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
