Henri La Fontaine

International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples

— Henri La Fontaine

The peoples are not awake...[There are dangers] which will render a world organization impossible. I foresee the renewal of...the secret bargaining behind…

— Henri La Fontaine

Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds

— Henri La Fontaine

Belgium thinks that however great the peril which a country might have to undergo under the system which we seek to establish…

— Henri La Fontaine