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> [Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/moreover-war-has-become-a-thing-potentially-so-terrible-and/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

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## More by Arthur Henderson

> [The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/the-nations-must-be-organized-internationally-and-induced-to-enter/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/on-the-contrary-the-characteristic-element-of-the-present-situation/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/four-years-of-world-war-at-a-cost-in-human-suffering-which-our-minds/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/but-to-cut-off-relations-with-an-aggressor-may-often-invite/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/in-almost-every-country-there-are-elements-of-opinion-which-would/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/thus-the-struggle-for-peace-includes-the-struggle-for-freedom-and/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/another-essential-to-a-universal-and-durable-peace-is-social-justice/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/to-solve-the-problem-of-organizing-world-peace-we-must-establish/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/the-years-of-the-economic-depression-have-been-years-of-political/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/whatever-we-do-or-fail-to-do-will-influence-the-course-of-history/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/the-vast-upheaval-of-the-world-war-set-in-motion-forces-that-will/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/in-our-modern-world-of-interdependent-nations-hardly-any-state-can/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/therefore-let-us-not-despair-but-instead-survey-the-position-consider/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [Perhaps the grimmest aspect of this great paradox is that the very nations that are chiefly responsible for starting and for maintaining the Disarmament…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/perhaps-the-grimmest-aspect-of-this-great-paradox-is-that-the-very/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

> [The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual nation was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/the-world-before-1914-was-already-a-world-in-which-the-welfare-of/)

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