Quotes on Antiwar

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.