Quotes on Anti War

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.

Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction.

Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens.

...how many times must the cannon balls fly _x000D_ _x000D_ Before they're forever banned?

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.

Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

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

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.