Norman Angell Quotes
Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually, genuinely desiring peace.
Norman Angell, 1872?-1967, British Member of Parliament, Economist and Writer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Nobel lecture, June 12, 1935
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The same sentiment has been attributed to Aristotle.
Sir Ralph Norman Angell was an English Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
