Everlasting peace is a dream, and not even a pleasant one; and war is a necessary part of God's arrangement of the world.


letter to Dr J. K. Bluntschli, 11 December 1880 (translated by Mary Herms), in Helmuth von Moltke as a Correspondent (1893)

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Quotes

Everlasting peace is a dream, and not even a pleasant one; and war is a necessary part of God's arrangement of the world.

Everlasting peace is a dream, and not even a pleasant one; and war is a necessary part of God's arrangement of the world.

Everlasting peace is a dream, and not even a pleasant one; and war is a necessary part of God's arrangement of the world.

Everlasting peace is a dream, and not even a pleasant one; and war is a necessary part of God's arrangement of the world.