"The more the history of the World War……" — Arthur Henderson
"The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization."
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32 Quotes by Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson has 32 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as…
- The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who…
- Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.
- To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.
- The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide…
- It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into…
- Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of…
- On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the…
- One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.
- The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.
- As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons…
- But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its…