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Quotes by Arthur Henderson
- 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 build a universal and durable peace.
- 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 competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.
- The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.
- The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 decisively in favour of peace.
- Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.
- To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.
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