Capable Quote by Christian Lous Lange

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature…

— Christian Lous Lange

Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two…

— Christian Lous Lange

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

— Christian Lous Lange

Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an…

— Christian Lous Lange

Europe cannot survive another world war.

— Christian Lous Lange

But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.

— Christian Lous Lange

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.

— Christian Lous Lange

The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity…

— Christian Lous Lange

The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number…

— Christian Lous Lange

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent…

— Christian Lous Lange

The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common…

— Christian Lous Lange

Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.

— Christian Lous Lange