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Leon Bourgeois
French Statesman
Born: May 21, 1851
Died: Sep 29, 1925
Man Men Nation Peace Religion Work
Related authors: Aristide Briand Francois Hollande Georges Pompidou Jacques Chirac Laurent Fabius Lionel Jospin Louis Adolphe Thiers Nicolas Sarkozy
The rise of man from the animal to the human level was prolonged by the necessity of rising from a state of barbarism and violence to one of order and peace. Leon Bourgeois
Man Peace Animal State Prolonged Rise Rising Human Order Barbarism Level Necessity Violence
At first, laws evolved out of religious doctrines. It followed that they were recognized only when advantageous to those who practiced the same religion and who appeared equals under the protection of the same gods. For the members of all other cults, there was neither law nor mercy. Leon Bourgeois
Religion Law Protection Mercy First Other Those Recognized Members Out Evolved Neither Religious Followed Laws Only Doctrines Equals Practiced Were Nor Cults Gods Same Who Appeared
The doctrine of Christ enjoins men, all brothers in His eyes, to love one another. Leon Bourgeois
Love Eyes Christ Men Brothers Doctrine Another His To Love
Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or their color. But since the undefined masses involved in these movements lack the essential and real unity of background or community of purpose, they become a grave danger to general peace. Leon Bourgeois
Religion Peace Language Become Community Unity Background Danger General Purpose Color Undefined Since Involved Masses Real Essential Lack Common Movements Common Language Justify Themselves Grave Basis
Just as the formation of the family is basic to the formation of the state, so the states themselves are the only units that can form the basic constitution of a viable international organization. Leon Bourgeois
Family Constitution Organization State States Only Viable Just Form Formation Themselves International Basic Units
Human passions, like the forces of nature, are eternal; it is not a matter of denying their existence, but of assessing them and understanding them. Like the forces of nature, they can be subjected to man's deliberate act of will and be made to work in harmony with reason. Leon Bourgeois
Work Nature Man Matter Will Made Understanding Harmony Deliberate Like Forces Passions Existence Subjected Denying Human Eternal Them Act Reason
To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason. Leon Bourgeois
Man Peace Men Whatever Philosophy Background Possible Religious Religious Beliefs Simply Between His Establish Nations Different Race Capable Reason Assert Beliefs

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