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> [Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/some-pacifists-have-carried-the-sound-idea-of-the-prime-importance-of/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

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## More by Ludwig Quidde

> [In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/in-life-particularly-in-public-life-psychology-is-more-powerful-than/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/disarmament-or-limitation-of-armaments-which-depends-on-the-progress/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/thus-if-armaments-were-curtailed-without-a-secure-peace-and-all/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/armaments-are-necessary-or-are-maintained-on-the-pretext-of-necessity/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/i-am-convinced-that-when-the-history-of-international-law-comes-to-be/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/we-pacifists-have-not-ceased-to-point-to-the-grave-danger-of/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/limitation-of-armaments-in-itself-is-economically-and-financially/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/the-popular-and-one-may-say-naive-idea-is-that-peace-can-be-secured/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/every-success-in-limiting-armaments-is-a-sign-that-the-will-to/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/the-present-level-of-armaments-could-be-taken-as-the-starting-point/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/so-long-as-peace-is-not-attained-by-law-so-argue-the-advocates-of/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/among-pacifists-it-was-above-all-the-english-who-always-insisted-on/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/when-distrust-exists-between-governments-when-there-is-a-danger-of/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/even-a-total-and-universal-disarmament-does-not-guarantee-the/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

> [Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-quidde/some-pacifists-have-carried-the-sound-idea-of-the-prime-importance-of/)

[Ludwig Quidde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-quidde/)

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