Elie Ducommun Professions : Activist Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Elie Ducommun Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above the beast. Elie Ducommun nevermanbeastmoral Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization! Elie Ducommun napoleonswordprogresscivilization War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages. Elie Ducommun progresspoliticscharacterwar I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation. Elie Ducommun progressearthjusticecharacter Similar Authors Brooke Axtell activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali activist Assata Shakur activist Arun Manilal Gandhi activist Arthur Hertzberg activist Arlene Holt Baker activistAll Authors
