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War has no longer the justification that it makes for the survival of the fittest; it involves the survival of the less fit. The idea that the struggle between nations is a part of the evolutionary law of man's advance involves a profound misreading of the biological analogy.
The warlike nations do not inherit the earth; they represent the decaying human element.

— Norman Angell The Great Illusion (1910)

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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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