Anti War Quotes - Page 13

• Terror is a tactic. We can not wage "war" against a tactic.

  Ron Paul

  War, Tactics, Terror

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• To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

  Winston Churchill

  Peace, Giving Up, War

  Remarks at White House luncheon,Washington, D.C., 26 June 1954

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• The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  War, Hero, People

  Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (2006). “Brandeis at 150: the Louisville perspective : a sesquicentennial commemoration”

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• Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?

  Ron Paul

  War, Thinking, Reason

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• If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.

  Ron Paul

  War, Sacrifice, Liberty

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• A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

  Livy

  Peace, Victory, Harmony

  "The History of Rome".

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• Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.

  Ronald Reagan

  Peace, War, Conflict

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

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• Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  War, People, Depth

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• The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.

  Anthony Gregory

  Peace, Real, War

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• War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

  Alexander Berkman

  Peace, War, Spirit

  Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.30, Lulu.com

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• Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

  Evan Thomas

  Peace, War, People

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• At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war.

  Allen Dulles

  Peace, War, Needs

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• O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.

  Alexander Pope

  Peace, War, Names

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• War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.

  Alexander Berkman

  Peace, War, Stupid

  Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.30, Lulu.com

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• War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

  Charles Evans Hughes

  Peace, War, Criminals

  "The Pathway of Peace". Speech to the Canadian Bar Association, Montreal, Ontario. "The Pathway of Peace : Representative Addresses Delivered During His Term as as secretary of state (1921-1925)" by Charles Evans Hughes, September 04, 1923.

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• Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason-hubris.

  Andrew Greeley

  Peace, War, United States

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• No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Peace, War, People

  Eugene V. Debs' anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio (June 16, 1918), as quoted in The Call Magazine, www.marxists.org. 1918.

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• War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible.

  Charles Sumner

  War, Evil, Spheres

  Charles Sumner (1871). “Addresses on War”, p.14

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• War creates peace like hate creates love.

  David L. Wilson

  Peace, Hate, War

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• You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It's like having a war on jealousy.

  David Cross

  Peace, War, Winning

  "David Cross: 'At least 25% of America has always been racist, xenophobic and backwards'" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2016.

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• I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.

  Dalai Lama

  Peace, War, Divine Wisdom

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• Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

  Charles V of France

  Peace, War, Names

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• We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

  Charley Reese

  Peace, War, Government

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• The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

  Charley Reese

  Peace, War, Truth Is

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• The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.

  Charley Reese

  Peace, War, Thinking

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