Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about pleasure, affair
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about value, use
On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and...Quote by Fredrik Bajer about leadership, progress, science, peace, art, magic, time
One serious obstacle to the smooth working of congresses is the language barrier.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about obstacles, language
Propaganda is a topic of particular concern to peace associations. This is a matter of educating the population in general, and not least the voters.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about worry, peace
The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about nation, people
The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about attention, opinion
The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about opinion, body, work
There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war
There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about present, man
There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about literature, home, house, peace, idea, need
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about criticism, peace, time
This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization.Quote by Fredrik Bajer
To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the...Quote by Fredrik Bajer
Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, day
Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, war
Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, impossible
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, science, art, magic
My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.Quote by Andy Garcia about family