International Government Quotes

“The violent but narrow passions that pass under the name of patriotism are not the noblest forms of human and social emotions. The world, or the people who, unfortunately, have most to say in governing the world, believe no such thing, and will not believe it when the representatives of States meet again to decide how to fill up the graves which they helped dig in Europe.”
― Leonard Woolf, International Government

“The idea is more horny on paper than in practice.”
― Leonard Woolf, International Government

“It is just as easy to use a good principle for bad ends as it is to use a bad principle for good ends.”
― Leonard Woolf, International Government