William Graham Sumner Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.

  William Graham Sumner

  Philosophy, War, Book

  William Graham Sumner (2007). “Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals”, p.33, Cosimo, Inc.

• If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject.

  William Graham Sumner

  Peace, War, Men

  William Graham Sumner (1919). “War and Other Essays”

• If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

  William Graham Sumner

  Peace, War, Thinking

  William Graham Sumner (1919). “War and Other Essays”

• If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a man's reason and betray him against himself. Civilized men have done their fiercest fighting for doctrines.

  William Graham Sumner

  Betrayal, War, Fighting

  William Graham Sumner (1963). “Social Darwinism: selected essays”, Prentice Hall

• A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you want; for what we prepare for is what we shall get.

  William Graham Sumner

  War, Decision, Mind

  William Graham Sumner (1963). “Social Darwinism: selected essays”, Prentice Hall

• The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

  William Graham Sumner

  War, Force, Mass

  William Graham Sumner (1914). “The challenge of facts: and other essays”

• I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.

  William Graham Sumner

  Country, War, Years

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