The fact that men are naturally quarrelsome is presumed to be an argument against such institutions as the League. But it is precisely the fact of the natural pugnacity of man that makes such institutions necessary. If men were naturally and easily capable of being their own judges, always able to see the other's case, never got into panics, never lost their heads, never lost their tempers and called it patriotism - why, then we should not want a League. But neither should we want in that case most of our national apparatus of government either - parliaments, congresses, courts, police, ten commandments. These are all means by which we deal with the unruly element in human nature.

In the modern world, material is only wealth if you can get rid of it. The British miner cannot eat his coal, nor clothe his children with it, nor build his ho…

I would not hesitate to say that nine out of ten of the critics of the peace movement get the argument turned upside down. 'You cannot change human nature' has…

I doubt whether the public has fully grasped the change which has come over the nature of modern wealth. If the nature of that change were grasped by our publi…

Force is no remedy.

It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an international government …

My last wish is that Germany realize its entity and that an understanding be reached between East and West. I wish peace to the world.