#armament

Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

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Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament. ↗

— Jerry Hall

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Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable. ↗

— Douglas Feith

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I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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