Quotes from Pax Britannica — Frederick Augustus Voigt
1892–1957 England
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Justice is not humane if it is never severe.
Pax Britannica (1949)
He who is never ashamed of his country has as little patriotism as he who is never proud of his country.
Pax Britannica (1949)
It is said that only when the Germans are weak and disunited are they great—great, that is to say, in art and letters, in science, in speculative thought.
Pax Britannica (1949)
There were never so many who believe in nothing as there are today. The super-abundance of false beliefs has led to unbelief. But today the way to belief has led to unbelief. There is no other way.
Pax Britannica (1949)
Every enlightened, humane, and patriotic Englishman has been ashamed, upon occasion, of what his country has done and will be fearful of what she may do yet. He would be a Pharisee were he to assume that there is a separate England of evil-doers: that this England is not his England, the real England, but another England.
Pax Britannica (1949)
But Germans are not interested in freedom as the English understand it. When they say freedom, they do not mean the liberty of the individual to do what he likes within the limits imposed by the written and unwritten law, but the liberty of the nation to do what it pleases in defiance of international law.
Pax Britannica (1949)