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Quotes from Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism — Emily Greene Balch

1867–1961 United States

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Fear weakens the nerves and distorts the judgment. It is not by fear that mankind must exorcise the demon of destruction and cruelty, but by motives more reasonable, more humane and more heroic.

Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (1948)

The form of work for peace which has most obviously made history is the long continued effort to create some form of world organization which should both prevent wars and foster international cooperation.

Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (1948)

I feel it rather surprising that refusal of war has never taken the form, on any large scale, of refusal to pay taxes for military use, a refusal which would have involved not only young men but (and mainly) older men and women holders, of property.

Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (1948)

May no young man ever again be faced with the choice between violating his conscience by co-operating in competitive mass-slaughter or separating himself from those who, endeavouring to serve liberty, democracy, humanity can find no better way than to conscript young men to kill.

Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emily Greene Balch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.