 Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. |
| Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner. |
| Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation. |
| Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. |
| The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. |
| A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets. |
| To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. |
| The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. |
| Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. |
| War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. |
| The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. |
| If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. |
| War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods. |
| Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being. |
| Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business. |
| Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being. |
| Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism. |
| If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. |
| Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly. |
| The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. |
