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Before war can be fought, a long series of necessary steps, which quite obviously are not and cannot be enforced steps, must be taken by the mass of men.

— 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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