Elie Ducommun (19 February 1833 – 7 December 1906) was a Swiss peace activist, who is perhaps best known for his work with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). He was born on 19 February 1833, in Geneva, Switzerland. He worked as a tutor, language teacher, journalist, and translator for the Swiss Federal Chancellery from 1869 to 1873. Ducommun began his career as a journalist, writing for various newspapers in Switzerland, including the Journal de Genève.
Famous Elie Ducommun Quotes
Some of the Famous Elie Ducommun Quotes are mentioned below –
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation.Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above the beast.War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages.Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!
