Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck Quotes
… After the violent shocks suffered by the different parts of the world during 10 years of devastating warfare, unparalleled in human history, the old political structure has been destroyed. A new one must be built in its place, resting on foundations strong enough to be able to withstand the assaults of force and oppression.
Napoleon was finally stopped by a multinational coalition led by England.
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, 1761–1825, Dutch Patriot & Revolutionary, Prime Minister of Holland, Chief Executive of the Batavian Republic, Dutch Ambassador to France, Dutch Ambassador to England, Author & Political Philosopher, Letter to van der Goes, July 1801
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The most important weapons of the time involved gunpowder or other explosives, and the chemist was the most important weapons maker until the middle of the 20th century when a weapons system was first designed that did not use chemical explosives—nuclear weapons. Then the physicists became predominant.
He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
Little heed was paid either to the principle of disarmament or to a United Europe. It took two World Wars and a Cold War to create a United Europe.
The French had arrived there first an “claimed” the area with a tiny military contingent under Lieutenant Marchand. However, the British arrived afterward with a much larger military force. London and Paris decided that the French should withdraw in favor of the British. Delcasse had been right. Another case of “might makes right.”
Article 9 of the 1946 Japanese constitution that was imposed on Japan {604739} severely limited Japan’s military. Emperor Hirohito asked privately how Japan would be protected.
She and her husband, like many of the "America Firsters", believed that Hitler should be allowed to overrun Europe and Russia.
Some Mexicans have always resented the U. S. for “colonizing” Arizona and other territory that once belonged to Mexico. This quotation is very revealing concerning the reality on the ground. The Apache were on the land when the Mexicans moved in to “civilize” the territory. However, the Apache, by violence, drove the Mexicans out. At that point the Mexicans were happy to sell Arizona to the Americans and the Gadsden Purchase brought Arizona to the United States as a territory. The Americans however didn’t buy the land from the Apache, the owners before the Mexicans claimed it. Many Apaches continued the violence against whoever tried to settle in the area. Eventually, the Americans accomplished what the Mexicans did not—militarily subduing the Apache.
This appears to be the first American utterance of a longstanding doctrine of foreign policy.
Voltaire made this quotation famous but he did not originate it. Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, another ho wrote it over 100 years earlier (See {596505} ). Sometimes the origin is attributed to Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, 1611-1675, a French General.
This was the time of the rise of Hitler and efforts of communist revolutionary activity alike.
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch jurist, ambassador and politician who served as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806.
