In Life, Particularly In Public Life, Psychology

Let Us Assume That The Ideal Were Reached; Let Us Imagine A State Of International Life In Which The Danger Of War No Longer Exists. Then No One Would Dare To Demand A Penny For Obviously Completely Superfluous Armaments.

So Long As Peace Is Not Attained By Law (so Argue The Advocates Of Armaments) The Military Protection Of A Country Must Not Be Undermined, And Until Such Is The Case Disarmament Is Impossible.

It Will Be Sufficient To Point To The Enormous Burdens Which Armaments Place On The Economic, Social, And Intellectual Resources Of A Nation, As Well As On Its Budget And Taxes.

We Pacifists Have Not Ceased To Point To The Grave Danger Of Armaments And To Insist On Their Curtailment.

The Present Level Of Armaments Could Be Taken As The Starting Point. It Could Be Stipulated In An International Treaty That These Armaments Should Be Simultaneously And Uniformly Reduced By A Certain Proportion In All Countries.