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Thus, there can be no real disarmament except on the basis of the collective peace system of the League of Nations.

Author: Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 137 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance...

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Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet...

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The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.

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The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual nation was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of the whole community of nations.

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The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

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The real difficulty is to make sure that such treaty obligations will be observed.

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The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?

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The Peace Conference was the scene, or, shall we say, the first stage, in a tremendous struggle between the new forces, the new hopes and aspirations to which the agony of the World War had given...

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The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

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The inevitable result was the balance of power, the arms race, the dividing up of the world into rival alliances, and ultimately, war.

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The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no...

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The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

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The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to...

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Perhaps the grimmest aspect of this great paradox is that the very nations that are chiefly responsible for starting and for maintaining the Disarmament Conference are also the nations that have...

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Originally the League was forbidden to touch the subject of tariffs, and there was a strong predisposition to regard banking as a mystery that must be removed entirely from the purview of governments.

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One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.

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On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.

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Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

Author: Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 87 | Rank: 0 | Fav

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be...

Author: Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 116 | Rank: 0 | Fav
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