War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization

War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization

Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.

In the age when the atom has been split, the moon encircled, diseases conquered, is disarmament so difficult a matter that it must remain a distant dream?

Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!