Christian Lous Lange

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Just as characteristic, perhaps, is the intellectual interdependence created through the development of the modern media of communication: post, telegraph, telephone, and popular press. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the most decisive factors in the development of society. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Only recently, during the nineteenth century, and then only in Europe, do we meet forms of the state which have been created by a deliberate national feeling. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity to adapt to them. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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