The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.

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

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.

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?

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war.

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.

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.