Anti War Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
- Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
- A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. — Edward Abbey
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger… — John Adams
- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
- Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
- If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
- All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
- War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. — Alfred Adler
- To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman. — Alfred Adler
- The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings
- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
- War is the business of barbarians. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis
- Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. — James Bryce
- I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. — Edmund Burke
- Tyrants seldom want pretexts. — Edmund Burke