I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.
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Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war.Ludwig Quidde
The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.
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In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.
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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.
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The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.
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Time and time again we have experienced efforts directed toward this popular and simple concept of securing peace by means of disarmament.
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