Quotes on Antiwar

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.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.