Klas Pontus Arnoldson — Swedish Author born on October 27, 1844, died on February 20, 1916

Klas Pontus Arnoldson was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 with Fredrik Bajer. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society... (wikipedia)

Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.
Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.
Man's nature is fundamentally good, or perhaps it is neither good nor evil. In any case, man is something to work on. We must hold fast to this fact - man is something to work on.