43 Quotes by Christian Lous Lange

Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.

On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does.

Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization.

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality.

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality.

But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.

Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.