Hjalmar Branting
(1860-1925)

Swedish Politician, Peace Advocate
1921 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: November 23
birthplace:
Stockholm, Sweden

QUOTES

No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations.

The obstacles are not insuperable. But whatever they may be, we must tackle them head on, for they are much less than the dangers which will continue to menace civilization if present conditions continue any longer. The world cannot be left where it is at present. If the nations do not try to annihilate war, then war will annihilate them. Some kind of common action by all states who set a value on peace is a compelling necessity, and instead of shrinking from the difficulties, we must recognize this necessity and then go forward."

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