Anti War Quotes - Page 16

• In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.

  Chris Hedges

  Peace, War, Essence

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• The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.

  Chris Hedges

  Peace, War, Next

  Chris Hedges (2014). “War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning”, p.151, PublicAffairs

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• You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

  Condoleezza Rice

  War, Hands, Two

  "Anderson Cooper 360°" with Erica Hill, edition.cnn.com. January 30, 2006.

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• As a rule of thumb, if the government wants you to know it, it probably isn't true.

  Craig Murray

  War, Government, Thumbs

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• Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.

  C. S. Lewis

  War, Love You, Christian Love

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• War creates peace like hate creates love.

  David L. Wilson

  Peace, Hate, War

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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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• 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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• War is the Health of the State.

  Randolph Bourne

  War, Liberty, Libertarian

  Randolph Silliman Bourne (1992). “The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918”, p.382, Univ of California Press

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• We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.

  Scott Ritter

  Peace, War, Fighting

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• The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

  Pope John XXIII

  Peace, Equality, Mutual Help

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• Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

  Guy de Maupassant

  Peace, War, Government

  "On the Water". Short story by Guy de Maupassant, 1888.

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• There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

  Golda Meir

  War, Differences, Decision

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• Men are fighting one another because they are convinced that the extermination and liquidation of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Mean

  "Human Action: A Treatise on Economics".

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• The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Roots

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• If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Race

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

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• Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Division Of Labor

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”

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• Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, House

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

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• To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Defeat

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• War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Money, War, Doe

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• Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.'

  Viggo Mortensen

  War, Kids, Iran

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• You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

  Jeannette Rankin

  Peace, Military, War

  Quoted in Hannah Josephson, Jeannette Rankin: First Lady in Congress (1974)

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