Fredrik Bajer

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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