Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Klas Pontus Arnoldsonwas a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 with Fredrik Bajer. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 October 1844
CountrySweden
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Man's nature is fundamentally good, or perhaps it is neither good nor evil. In any case, man is something to work on. We must hold fast to this fact - man is something to work on.
harmony humans highest
Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.
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Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.
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Without [hope and] confidence in a cause, there is no action. Ignorance may be enlightened, superstition wiped out; intolerance may become tolerant, and hate be changed into love; ideas may be quickened, intelligence widened, and men's hearts may be ennobled; but from pessimism which can see nothing but gloomy visions nothing is to be expected.