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# Elie Ducommun

(1833–1906)   Journalist

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Elie Ducommun was a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Elie Ducommun

Born February 19, 1833

Died December 7, 1906

Profession Journalist

## About Elie Ducommun

Swiss activist (1833-1906)... \| Élie Ducommun was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat.

##  Quotes by Elie Ducommun

> [War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-ducommun/war-we-are-told-shapes-character-it-resolves-the-major-questions-of/)

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> [Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-ducommun/let-no-one-refer-to-the-sword-of-napoleon-i-as-the-instrument-of/)

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> [I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-ducommun/i-leave-to-the-militarists-the-difficult-task-of-trying-to-explain-to/)

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> [Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-ducommun/wars-however-frequent-and-destructive-they-may-be-have-never-been/)

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