There are many who say in effect that public opinion has little to do with war, that it is explained by the influence of the vested interests who profit by it - armament makers or groups of capitalists. But even when we have admitted that those interests do exert great influence, it only pushes the question further back. Why are the mass of men, millions, powerless in this matter as against a tiny minority, a few dozen or a few score or a few hundred who profit by the general disaster? There are undoubtedly some who say to the millions in effect: 'We should like you to go to war because it would expand our profits.' But why do the millions obey?

Our evils are due mainly to the failure to apply to our international relationships knowledge which is of practically universal possession, often self-evident …

Why is it relatively easy for a few armament makers to persuade 'men to go to war, to give their lives; and quite impossible for the much larger group who woul…

Our daily life is no longer cursed by fear of those pestilences, plagues, black deaths, which used to devastate Europe. The layman has abolished those plagues …

All the gods are dead except the god of war.

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

People rarely win wars; governments rarely lose them.