War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages. — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far,… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization! — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
