Jane Addams, "This Totally Unnecessary Conflict" (May 1, 1915)
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The slow progress towards juster international relations may be traced to the distinguished jurist of the Netherlands, Grotius; to the great German, Immanuel Kant, who lifted the subject of “Eternal Peace’ high above controversy; to Count Tolstoy of Russia, who so trenchantly set it forth in our own day, and so on throughout the nations.
— Jane Addams
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Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes about Kant: Alphabetized by author )
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