Elie Ducommun quotes

Elie Ducommun was a Swiss activist and pacifist, recognized for his dedication to promoting peace and disarmament. As a leading figure in the peace movement, he played a key role in the International Peace Bureau. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong commitment to nonviolence and humanitarian ideals. Here are 4 of his quotes:

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

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

Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!

Elie Ducommun