So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained. Ludwig Quidde Read Quote
