Author: Fredrik Bajer

Quotes

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

- Fredrik Bajer

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.

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

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

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

There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.

There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.

- Fredrik Bajer

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

- Fredrik Bajer

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