Ludwig Quidde Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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