Anti War Quotes - Page 18

• War remains the decisive human failure.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Peace, War, Humans

  John Kenneth Galbraith (2004). “The Economics of Innocent Fraud”, Penguin Hardcover

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• I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

  Jim Garrison

  Peace, War, Names

  Playboy interview, October, 1967.

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• Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.

  Joseph Goebbels

  Peace, War, Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

  Barry Goldwater

  Peace, War, Bombs

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• Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

  Daniel Goleman

  Peace, War, Weight

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• Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Peace, War, Individual

  Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

  Benjamin Harrison

  War, Presidential, Police

  Benjamin Harrison, United States. President (1889-1893 : Harrison) (1969). “Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1901: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”

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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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• We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Peace, War, Teaching

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• An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

  Thomas Paine

  Peace, War, 4th Of July

  "Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion".

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• It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

  Thomas Paine

  Peace, Truth, War

  Thomas Paine (1824). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.284

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• To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

  Thomas Paine

  Funny, Motivation, War

  Thomas Paine (1791). “Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution”, p.160

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• Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

  Pope John Paul II

  Peace, War, Men

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• The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

  Ron Paul

  Money, Peace, War

  Ron Paul (1987). “Freedom Under Siege”, p.60, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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  Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

  William Penn

  Peace, Integrity, War

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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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