Norman Angell (Sir Ralph Norman Angell) Quotes

The fight for ideals can no longer take the form of fight between nations, because the lines of division on moral questions are within the nations themselves and intersect the political frontiers.

Norman Angell

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• The fight for ideals can no longer take the form of fight between nations, because the lines of division on moral questions are within the nations themselves and intersect the political frontiers.

  

  Norman Angell
  • Moral
  • Fight
  • Nations