Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

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As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

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Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

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There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.

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I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union.

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Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

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We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.

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Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.

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There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

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Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.

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