Acceptance Quote by Abraham Lincoln

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

— John C. Calhoun

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

— Robert E. Lee

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is…

— Robert M. La Follette

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.

— Robert M. La Follette, Sr

Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict…

— Abraham Lincoln

When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.

— Ron Paul

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or…

— George Orwell

Whatever the label on the parties, or the war cries issuing from the demagogues who lead them, the practical choice is between the plutocracy…

— H. L. Mencken

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to…

— John F. Kennedy

War diminishes both civil and economic rights.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Republicans abandoned the pretext of democracy to fight a war for power long ago.

— Krystal Ball

Perhaps wars weren't won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War.

— Ernest Hemingway