“The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.” MayIdeasSecurityAbsolutesLastingNaiveAttainmentDisarmamentSecuredPopular SongLasting Love Author:Ludwig Quidde
“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.” WarGovernmentSecurityMilitaryDangerWillingLogicDistrustDisarmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Time and time again we have experienced efforts directed toward this popular and simple concept of securing peace by means of disarmament.” MeanSimpleEffortConceptsDisarmament 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
“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.” IfsWarMovingNationsCausesTeethUsualDisarmamentCauses Of War Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.” DoeUniversalGuaranteesMaintenanceDisarmament 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
“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.” LongIdeasSoundSecurityEternalImportanceConsiderationPrimePointlessDisarmamentSuperfluousPacifistDeclaringEternal Peace 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
“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.” FirstsTwoProblemRelationshipSecurityGuaranteesDependentReverseDisarmament Author:Ludwig Quidde
