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But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some form of collective self-defence by the loyal members of the League.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Action Armed Collective Cut Form Invite League Loyal Make May Members Necessary Off Often Relations Retaliation Some Turn Would

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Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Abandoned Anarchy Civilization Clear Cost Four Human Human Suffering Imagine International Led Limited Minds Must Our Realization Suffering Survive To Survive Too Very War Which World World War Years

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I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Anarchy Believe Civilization Competitive Consider Democracy Economic Enterprise Essential International Nationalism Rent Survive Values Western Which World

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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 armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Almost Anarchy Balance Balance Of Power Because Conclusion Country Elements Every International Opinion Politics Power Preparation Return War Welcome Which Wish Would

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In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind in the markets of other nations.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Any Buying Every Hardly Interdependent Kind Loans Markets Materials Modern Modern World Nations Other Our Raising State Successfully Wage War Without World

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In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Almost Comprehensive Disputes Impossible International May More Now Obligations Paper Peacefully Resort Said Settle Short Solemn State Treaty Violating War Without

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In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Absolute Cult Dictatorship Gone Militant Nationalism Some State States Totalitarian War

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

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Abandoning Adventure Become Building Collective Disarmament Enterprise Give Great Impossible Peace System Up Whole Without

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It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Back Banish Because Believe Devote Done Explaining Fear In My Opinion Lead Myself Nations Opinion Over Paths Peace Power Propose Should War World I Believe I Believe That

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Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: Aim Become Been Common Destructive End Forever Moreover Potentially Put Should Statesmen Terrible Thing War

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: September 13th, 1863

Died: October 20th, 1935

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