"Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds"

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Source: Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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Henri La Fontaine

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Henri La Fontaine was a Belgian lawyer and peace activist, known for his pivotal role in founding the International Bureau of Peace and his contributions to the League of Nations.

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"The peoples are not awake...[There are dangers] which will render a world organization impossible. I foresee the renewal of...the secret bargaining behind closed doors. Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds. International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples."

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