Emily Greene Balch Quotes

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• Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. Barriers
• The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in… East
• As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. Community
• The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. Arbitrary
• Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based… Based
• Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by… Age
• The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. Austria
• Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is… Always Feel
• A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of… All
• We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner. We are asked to be… Advance
• It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it. Analyse
• Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally real, uplifted in… Alps
• A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. Affecting
• A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An… Bases
• As to judging our own time, and thereby gaining some basis for a judgment of future possibilities, we are doubtless not only too close to… Appraise
• Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and… Among
• The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now… Determined
• The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our… Another Major
• There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults. Comparative
• Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common. Church

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