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The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Against Also Arbitrary Desire Domestic Felt Itself Liberty Made Rule Struggle Tyranny

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The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

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Topics: Austria Britain Diminished France Germany Italy Japan Role Suffered

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Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.

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Topics: Church Common Deal Either Loyalty Nevertheless State Vast Without

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A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Affecting Backward Characteristic Communities More Nationalism New Our Our Time People Peripheral Regions Second So-Called Spreading Still Time

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Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Among Ask Capitalist Freedom How Ignorant Lack Liberty Men Poor Real Russia Society Themselves Weak Who

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The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Another Challenges Effort End Long Major Minds Only Our Put Question Responsibility Sense Succeed War Whether Without

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We have lived through the flood time of fascism and of the nazism which ran its meteoric course at a cost to mankind in suffering and waste beyond all computation.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Beyond Computation Cost Course Fascism Flood Lived Mankind Ran Suffering Through Time Waste Which

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A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Basis Disciplined Enriched Eternal Human Ideal Made Modern Modern Science Modern World Reason Reliance Science Third Way World

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Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Another Cause Change Closely Commission Connected Discoveries Fundamental Growth Interesting Less Medical Modern Nations Noticeable Population Question Scientific Set Special Study United United Nations Up

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As to judging our own time, and thereby gaining some basis for a judgment of future possibilities, we are doubtless not only too close to it to appraise it but too much formed by it and enclosed within it to do so.

~Emily Greene Balch

Topics: Appraise Basis Close Doubtless Formed Future Gaining Judging Judgment Much Only Our Own Possibilities Some Thereby Time Too Too Much Within

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: January 8th, 1867

Died: January 9th, 1961

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