“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
“In America, conscription is unknown; men are enlisted for payment. Compulsory recruitment is so alien to the ideas and so foreign to the customs of the people of the United States that I doubt whether they would ever dare to introduce it into their law.” PeopleMenIdeasStatesAmericaLawUnitedUnited StatesDoubtDareAliensCustomsIntroducingPaymentCompulsoryRecruitmentEnlistedConscription Author:Alexis de Tocqueville