Ferdinand Buisson Quotations

We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warfare, pest propagation, typhus and other serious diseases.

A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.

For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.