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• ‟ The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace.

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• ‟ To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.

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• ‟ It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system.

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• ‟ Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

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• ‟ As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.

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• ‟ He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

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• ‟ It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

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• ‟ The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.

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• ‟ The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?

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• ‟ The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.

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• ‟ Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.

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• ‟ Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.

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