"Let us return, however, to the League of……" — Hjalmar Branting
"Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task"
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Hjalmar Branting
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20 Quotes by Hjalmar Branting
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And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to…
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At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by…
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I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not…
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It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be
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The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading…
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Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature
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As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by…
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But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of…
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All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate…
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Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited…
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No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly…
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We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come…
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can…
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
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True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
— Stephen Ambrose
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Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on…
— William James
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By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not…
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As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.
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And it is true that life lacks the monotony of museums. There come days which seem worthy of being framed,…
— Italo Svevo
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Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable.…
— Ian Stevenson
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But, as Bacon has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear…
— William Bayliss
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We are (most of us) embedded in an exceedingly complex network of social relationships, many of which are vital to…
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