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I believe so deeply that the way of war is not the way of Christianity

— Emily Greene Balch Letter to President of Wellesley College (1916)

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A peace involving annexation of unwilling peoples could never be a lasting one.

Speech at International Congress of Women at The Hague (1915)

All the belligerents want peace, though probably with different intensity; none of them wants it enough to cry "I surrender."

Speech at International Congress of Women at The Hague (1915)

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)

If the disinterested neutrals, who alone are free to act for peace, wait for a moment when neither side has any advantage they will wait long indeed.

Speech at International Congress of Women at The Hague (1915)

Gains won by force create no claim that anyone is bound to respect

Speech at International Congress of Women at The Hague (1915)

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)

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