--- title: "8 Foreign Wars Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Foreign Wars quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Foreign Wars sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/michael-klare-39201_east_i-think-the-public-is-very-reluctant-to_84843.jpg" --- > [I think the public is very reluctant to get involved in more foreign wars, especially in the Middle East. And they understand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-klare/i-think-the-public-is-very-reluctant-to-get-involved-in-more-foreign/) [Michael Klare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-klare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/michael-klare-39201_east_i-think-the-public-is-very-reluctant-to_84843.jpg) > [Like many other Americans, I'm tired of the U.S. taxpayer paying for foreign wars, especially when the countries we defend have raked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-beckel/like-many-other-americans-i-m-tired-of-the-u-s-taxpayer-paying-for/) [Bob Beckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-beckel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/bob-beckel-4887_defend_like-many-other-americans-i-m-tired-of-t_190858.jpg) > [Trillions of dollars spent on foreign wars have done nothing to make Americans feel safer at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-scaramucci/trillions-of-dollars-spent-on-foreign-wars-have-done-nothing-to-make/) [Anthony Scaramucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-scaramucci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/anthony-scaramucci-2445_done_trillions-of-dollars-spent-on-foreign-wa_1061588.jpg) > [When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-higgs/when-american-presidents-prepare-for-foreign-wars-they-lie/) [Robert Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-higgs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/robert-higgs-12637_american-president_when-american-presidents-prepare-for-for_1120976.jpg) > [Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/your-boys-are-not-going-to-be-sent-into-any-foreign-wars/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_boys_your-boys-are-not-going-to-be-sent-into_1530027.jpg) > [All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/all-of-the-american-s-foreign-wars-have-been-fought-with-foes-either/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/h-l-mencken-245_combat_all-of-the-american-s-foreign-wars-have_1873297.jpg) > [America's got to take a break from foreign wars, and take a break from immigration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milo-yiannopoulos/america-s-got-to-take-a-break-from-foreign-wars-and-take-a-break-from/) [Milo Yiannopoulos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milo-yiannopoulos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/milo-yiannopoulos-1925_america_america-s-got-to-take-a-break-from-forei_2363381.jpg) > [I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-black/i-don-t-go-around-trying-to-stir-up-foreign-wars/) [Conrad Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/conrad-black-11016_foreign_i-don-t-go-around-trying-to-stir-up-fore_3091980.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreign-wars/#itemlist", "name": "Foreign Wars Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the public is very reluctant to get involved in more foreign wars, especially in the Middle East. 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