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

— Norman Angell Canada's Best Service for British Ideals (1913)

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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.

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)

Political nationalism has become, for the European of our age the most important thing in the world, more important than civilization, humanity, decency, kindness, pity, more important than life itself.

The Unseen Assassins (1932)

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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

Wilhelm Reich Philosophy : An Introduction to the Art of Wondering (2005)

When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.

Basil of Caesarea

Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

Morris West The Clowns of God (1981)

God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.

Rabindranath Tagore Fireflies (1928)

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