Ludwig Quidde
Ludwig Quidde
Ludwig Quiddewas a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II and a politician. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck; the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II; the Weimar Republic; and, finally, Nazi Germany. In 1927, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth23 March 1858
CountryGermany
numbers propaganda resolution
Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.
law organization justice
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.
war demand pennies
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.
important armament security
Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security.
danger armament graves
We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.
two guarantees firsts
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.
fighting order law
Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.
country military law
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.
ideas long sound
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.
country military way
Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.
law two firsts
I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.
men demand kind
Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.
military war government
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.