It Is An Accepted Commonplace

Militarism Is Basically A Way Of Thinking, A Certain Interpretation Of The Function Of The State; This Manner Of Thinking Is, Moreover, Revealed By Its Outer Forms: By Armaments And State Organization.

Internationalism Is A Community Theory Of Society Which Is Founded On Economic, Spiritual, And Biological Facts. It Maintains That Respect For A Healthy Development Of Human Society And Of World Civilization Requires That Mankind Be Organized Internationally.

Today We Stand On A Bridge Leading From The Territorial State To The World Community. Politically, We Are Still Governed By The Concept Of The Territorial State; Economically And Technically, We Live Under The Auspices Of Worldwide Communications And Worldwide Markets.

The Theoretically Unrestricted Right To Develop Power, To Wage War Against Other States, Is Antisocial And Is Doubly Dangerous, Because The State As A Mass Entity Represents A Low Moral And Intellectual Level.

The Free Trade Movement In The Middle Of The Last Century Represents The First Conscious Recognition Of These New Circumstances And Of The Necessity To Adapt To Them.