"But I feel convinced, and I venture even……" — Fredrik Bajer
"But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war."
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Fredrik Bajer
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31 Quotes by Fredrik Bajer
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We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult…
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Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.
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Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate…
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As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.
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Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.
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Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.
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I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union.
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There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.
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A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could…
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