--- title: "3 Anti war Quotes By John T. Flynn" description: "3 Anti war quotes by John T. Flynn. Plus more from John T. Flynn and more Anti war sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/john-t-flynn-18493_adequate_no-matter-what-the-cause-even-though-it_1316097.jpg" --- > [No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/no-matter-what-the-cause-even-though-it-be-to-conquer-with-tanks-and/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/john-t-flynn-18493_adequate_no-matter-what-the-cause-even-though-it_1316097.jpg) > [The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine, and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/the-enemy-aggressor-is-always-pursuing-a-course-of-larceny-murder/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-t-flynn-18493_aggressors_the-enemy-aggressor-is-always-pursuing-a_1778190.jpg) > [Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/imperialism-is-an-institution-under-which-one-nation-asserts-the/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/john-t-flynn-18493_anti-war_imperialism-is-an-institution-under-whic_3130959.jpg) ## Other authors on Anti war - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-von-mises-61872.jpg) Ludwig von Mises 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/ludwig-von-mises/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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Flynn > [ When the fountains of government \[borrowing\] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of negotiating fresh loans the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/when-the-fountains-of-government-borrowing-abundance-began-to-dry-up/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [We seem to be a long way off from the kind of Fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/we-seem-to-be-a-long-way-off-from-the-kind-of-fascism-which-we-behold/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [“We have no managed to acquire bases all over the world—islands distant as the Australian Archipelago which President Roosevelt seized in 1938 without so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/we-have-no-managed-to-acquire-bases-all-over-the-world-islands/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [In different countries the basis of resistance takes different forms, but it comes chiefly from the conservative groups. Hence it becomes increasingly difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/in-different-countries-the-basis-of-resistance-takes-different-forms/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist sector and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/the-only-result-of-our-present-system-unless-we-reverse-the-drift/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/these-code-authorities-could-regulate-production-quantities-qualities/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/most-people-in-this-country-believe-that-the-american-communist-party/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/the-so-called-christian-virtues-of-humility-love-charity-personal/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/all-that-is-needed-to-set-us-definitely-on-the-road-to-a-fascist/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/we-must-rid-this-nation-of-the-united-nations-which-provides-the/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [They do not say Roosevelt saved our system. They say he has given us a new one. That is logical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/they-do-not-say-roosevelt-saved-our-system-they-say-he-has-given-us-a/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/but-no-one-can-praise-roosevelt-for-doing-this-and-then-insist-that/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/i-think-we-have-to-be-fair-in-saying-at-this-point-that-neither/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/the-cio-put-up-half-a-million-dollars-for-roosevelt-s-1936-campaign/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) > [“If you would know, therefore, who are the fascists in America, you must ask yourselves not who are the men and women most vocal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-flynn/if-you-would-know-therefore-who-are-the-fascists-in-america-you-must/) [John T. Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-flynn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/john-t-flynn/#itemlist", "name": "3 Anti war Quotes By John T. Flynn", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population, there will be no lack of poets and preachers and essayists and philosophers to invent the necessary reasons and gild the infamy with righteousness. 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