Quotes by Fredrik Bajer, page 2

Fredrik Bajer - danish writer, teacher and pacifist

Was born on 21 apr 1837.
Died on 22 jan 1922, at 84 years old.

Origin country: Denmark

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about opinion, body, work

There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war

There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.

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There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about literature, home, house, peace, idea, need

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about meetings, criticism, waste, peace, time

This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization.

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the...

Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, day

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, war

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

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We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, science, art, magic