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The conception that we can only protect ourselves if we are prepared to protect others surely ought to belong to the nursery stage of social education.

— Norman Angell Peace and the Public Mind (1935)

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It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.

Canada's Best Service for British Ideals (1913)

The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.

Peace and the Public Mind (1935)

This book endeavors to clear away the mists which prevent so many from seeing the road.

The Great Illusion (1910)

The usual definition of the functions of money are that money is a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a standard of deferred payment and a store of value.

Sir Norman Angell in The Story of Money (1930)

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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

Friedrich Schiller On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

Bertrand Russell

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