Time and time again we have experienced efforts directed toward this popular and simple concept of securing peace by means of disarmament.

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of 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.

Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected.

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.