May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hope that humanity evolves to view war as an irrational relic of the past.
- In plain terms
- People should wake up to realize war is a foolish mistake of ancestors.
- What can you take from it?
- Moral progress means rejecting war as unacceptable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What would a post-war world look like?
- How do we awaken collective conscience?
Another view
War remains common despite moral objections.
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