Anti war Quotes · Page 7

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

— Scott Ritter

War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement

— James Madison

“I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me.”

— Mother Teresa

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

— Norman Cousins

Any forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat.

— Vo Nguyen Giap

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction

— George W. Bush

War is the most striking instance of the failure of intelligence to master the problem of human relationships.

— Harry Elmer Barnes

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

— George W. Bush

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of…

— Michael Parenti

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father…

— Ludwig von Mises

Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled…

— Cat Stevens

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents...

— Anthony Gregory

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be…

— Ludwig von Mises

Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled…

— Richard J. Maybury

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians,…

— Yoko Ono

"Masters of War" [of Bob Dylan] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that…

— Jay Michaelson

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we seek it because…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents… A lasting…

— Ludwig von Mises

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world…

— George Washington

The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine, and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission,…

— John T. Flynn

“But this anti-war protest, is far from a success; it is just a placebo for the people. These peacemakers feel so satisfied,…

— Joss Sheldon

I played with English and Sociology in college but dropped out to work in the anti-war movement. I was going around denouncing…

— Dale Jamieson

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

— George Bernard Shaw

“His was a lonely, unorthodox conviction that war was man's ultimate failure.”

— Sharon Kay Penman

The most important thing today is to stop US wars.

— Yuri Kochiyama

Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war.

— Albert Einstein

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

— Salvador de Madariaga

Some explanations of a crime are not explanations: they're part of the crime.

— Olavo de Carvalho

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

— Ludwig von Mises

War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game.

— Thomas Paine

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

— Geraldine Ferraro

If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.

— Ron Paul

People see citizens who are anti-war anti-American or anti-patriotic and that's so wrong.

— Shavo Odadjian

War is the greatest plague that can afflict mankind... Any scourge is preferable to it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

— Menachem Begin

In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.

— Chris Hedges

My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

— Ella Baker