Robert Higgs Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed, because I do not identify with the government under which I live. Rather, I view it as a criminal organization that without provocation has chosen to make war on my just rights-not only mine, of course, but everyone's. Although this vile enterprise is my problem, because it robs and bullies me relentlessly and without mercy, it is not my responsibility: the nail is not the hammer.

  Robert Higgs

  War, Responsibility, Men

  Robert Higgs (2007). “Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government”, Independent Inst

• When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie.

  Robert Higgs

  Peace, War, Lying

  Robert Higgs (2005). “Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11”, Independent Inst

• ...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.

  Robert Higgs

  Peace, War, People

• Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

  Robert Higgs

  Peace, War, President

  Robert Higgs (2005). “Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11”, Independent Inst

• This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us, as we are constantly told, but rather to sap our economic vitality and undermine our civil and economic liberties.

  Robert Higgs

  Military, War, Preparation

• In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from the state's own criminality and toward real or fictitious devils abroad. Wars have therefore proved to be extremely useful in propping up the political class and preserving it from the public resistance and rebellion that might otherwise have arisen.

  Robert Higgs

  Real, War, Class

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