bsmall2Jun 4, 2025

> If war is ever abolished, it will have to be by the establishment of an international government possessed of irresistible armed forces. And

if war is not abolished, civilization cannot survive.

This is a painful dilemma for those whose patriotic feelings are stronger than their reasoning powers, but if it is not apprehended intellectually it will be disastrously proved by the march of events.
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バートランド・ラッセル「正義と武力」（アメリカン・エッセイ）

bsmall2Jun 4, 2025
> In old days, when two tribes went to war, one of them exterminated the other, and annexed its territory. From the point of view of the victor, the whole operation was thoroughly satisfactory. The killing was not at all expensive, and the excitement was agreeable. It is not to be wondered at that, in such circumstances, war persisted. Unfortunately, we still have the emotions appropriate to such primitive warfare, while the actual operations of war have changed completely.
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ラッセル「政治的に重要な欲求」(ノーベル文学賞受賞記念講演)(16) - What Desires Politically Important? 1950