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Anti War Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and…
- [D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which…
- The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
- In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to…
- We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.
More 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… — 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