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Anti War Quotes by George Washington
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
- Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
- My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
- The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated…
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- 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… — Edward Abbey
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with… — 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