I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Tag: quotes about war
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
War settles nothing.
War settles nothing.
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
War is evil but it is often the lesser evil.
War is evil but it is often the lesser evil.
The essential act of war is destruction not necessarily of human lives but of the products of human labor.
The essential act of war is destruction not necessarily of human lives but of the products of human labor.
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy it is gross it is alienating… because it causes war hypocrisy and competition.
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy it is gross it is alienating… because it causes war hypocrisy and competition.