The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
