“As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.”

“In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armamen...”

“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.”

“To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.”

“It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.”

“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.”

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

“So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be e...”

“Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.”

“When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.”

“At a time I used to think that in a world without guards people would walk differently from the way we do in our country. Where people are allowed to think and write differently, I thought, they wi...”

“Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.”