Antiwar Quotes - Page 23

• Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, Honesty, War

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

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• I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Country, War

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)

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• The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

  H. L. Mencken

  Military, War, Party

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.314, Knopf

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• Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  War, World, Saving

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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 fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency.

  George Orwell

  Military, War, Suffering

  George Orwell (2016). “Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.190, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.

  Edward Kennedy

  War, Ideas, Goal

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• We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Mean, Peaceful

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.67, Beacon Press

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• The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

  Dick Cheney

  Peace, War, Mind

  "Cheney in Charge". www.washingtonpost.com. October 24, 2006.

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• Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

  Helen Keller

  War, Hero, Mean

  Helen Keller's Speech at Carnegie Hall, New York City, under the auspices of the Women's Peace Party and the Labor Forum, January 5, 1916.

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• War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had the sound sense of the nations not been systematically corrupted by commercial and political interests acting through the schools and the Press

  Albert Einstein

  War, Believe, School

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.15, Open Road Media

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• In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Peace, Military, War

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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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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• Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Military, Parent

  Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, p.143, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen the better part.

  George MacDonald

  War, Men, Deep Water

  George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.12942, e-artnow

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• The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.

  William Colby

  War, Agency, Government

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• If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.

  Pete Seeger

  War, Home, Land

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• War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you.

  Frank Herbert

  War, Cells, Sea

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.281, Penguin

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• War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a vast video arcade game. Its very essence-death-is hidden from public view.

  Chris Hedges

  Sports, Military, War

  Chris Hedges (2005). “Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

  Victor Hugo

  Peace, War, Civilization

  Victor Hugo (1883). “Oration on Voltaire”

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• It is interesting ... how weapons reflect the soul of the maker.

  Don DeLillo

  War, Interesting, Soul

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• Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced to die by them.

  Dan Simmons

  War, Lessons, May

  Dan Simmons (2014). “The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion”, p.721, Spectra

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• I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Thinking, Helping

  Winston Churchill's letter to a friend, 1916.

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• With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and are therefore inherently immoral. This is true even when a war is considered "just," because it is fought against a tyrant, against an aggressor, to correct a stolen boundary.

  Howard Zinn

  Military, War, Smart

  Howard Zinn (2001). “Howard Zinn on War”, p.51, Seven Stories Press

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