Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders. — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
No government, no head of state, made any attempt to avert or arrest the Boer War. — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
If we examine the Hague Convention carefully, we see that it considers the offer of good offices a duty of every nation. In other… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow.… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
Compulsory arbitration is a practical instrument of pacification and, as such, it can and should be enacted by the Hague Conference. — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
