Anti War Quotes - Page 30

• This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.

  Robert Byrd

  Peace, War, Sleepwalking

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• The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act of interior politics.

  Simone Weil

  Peace, War, Errors

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• The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

  James Wolcott

  Peace, Lying, War

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• Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Responsibility

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.442, Simon and Schuster

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• It's one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in.

  James Wolcott

  Peace, War, Believe

  James Wolcott (2013). “Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs”, p.390, Anchor

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• Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

  Alan Watts

  Peace, War, Principles

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• Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

  James Wolcott

  Peace, War, Life Is

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• Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

  Ron Paul

  Peace, War, I Hate You

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• Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

  Ronald Reagan

  Running, Peace, War

  Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the National Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, www.reaganfoundation.org. March 30, 1981.

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• Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Life, Patience, Peace

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.194

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• Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

  Ronald Reagan

  Peace, War, Rights

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• Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

  Barbara Boxer

  Peace, War, Iraq

  “Iraq: Credibility, Responsibility, Accountability" by Senator Barbara Boxer, www.ign.com. July 6, 2005.

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• Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

  Aesop

  Peace, War, Tyrants

  Ann McGovern, Aesop, Arthur Geisert (1990). “Aesop's Fables”, p.54, Scholastic Inc.

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• The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Liberty

  Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

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• Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

  Simone Weil

  Peace, War, Wheat

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• War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

  Colin Powell

  Peace, Military, War

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

  Rosa Luxemburg

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Peace

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• The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

  E. B. White

  Peace, Father, War

  1954 The Second Tree from the Corner, 'The Second Tree from the Corner'.

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• War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

  Ron Paul

  Money, War, Historical

  "Conscription – The Terrible Price of War". www.antiwar.com. November 26, 2003.

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• Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe.

  Arundhati Roy

  Powerful, War, Fighting

  Arundhati Roy (2004). “Public Power in the Age of Empire”, p.39, Seven Stories Press

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• To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.

  Alfred Adler

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Alfred Adler (2005). “The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Journal articles : 1931-1937”, p.128, Alfred Adler Institute

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