Anti War Quotes - Page 17

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Country, Freedom

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

  Alfred Adler

  Peace, Brother, War

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• Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

  Bernard Baruch

  Peace, War, World Destruction

  Bernard Mannes Baruch (1946). “United States atomic energy proposals: Statement of the United States policy on control of atomic energy”

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• If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  War, Long, Victory

  "All Men Are Mortal". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1946.

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• 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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• We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, War, Army

  Thomas Jefferson (1976). “Thomas Jefferson, revolutionary philosopher: a selection of writings”, Barron's Educational Series

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• Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, War, Order

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.163, Algora Publishing

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• Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Suicide, War, Thinking

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• More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Government

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• It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.

  Olive Schreiner

  Peace, War, Noble

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• The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Peace, War, Patriotism

  Leo Tolstoy, J. M. Packham (2015). “Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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• We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Peace, War, Growth

  Leo Tolstoy, J. M. Packham (2015). “Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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• War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Peace, War, Military

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• Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

  Mark Twain

  Loyalty, Country, Peace

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

  Voltaire

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.130, Penguin

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