Antiwar Quote by Alexander Hamilton

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

— Tony Blair

We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of…

— Albert Einstein

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment…

— George Washington

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in a war…

— Bill Clinton

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

— Thomas Francis Meagher

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

“Should an individual or a government use force at all, even in retaliation? Clearly yes; complete pacifism is self-defeating.”

— John Hospers

All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable,…

— Fisher Ames

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention,…

— Calvin Coolidge

All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions…

— Bruce Jackson

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

— Franklin Pierce

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

— Martin Luther King, Jr