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356 Antiwar quotes by 213 unique authors

If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the amounts of fixed capital investment… — Unknown Author
In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long… — Sun Tzu
Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists. — Ben Shahn
In the struggle of good against evil, it's always the people who get killed. — Eduardo Galeano
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so often inspired heroism… — Norman Angell
Have not I myself known five hundred living soldiers sabred into crows' meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they call their flag; which… — Thomas Carlyle
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war. — George Washington
Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have praised… — Immanuel Kant
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government… — Randolph Bourne
I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet you do not hear the screams or smell the blood or see… — Howard Zinn
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike… — Helen Keller
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and… — George Orwell
The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death. From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad, from Hiroshima to Vietnam and… — Edward Abbey
The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been… — George Monbiot
The point of public relations slogans like 'Support our troops' is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want… — Noam Chomsky
The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by war.… — John T. Flynn
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter. — Kofi Annan
Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the buildings… — William L. Shirer
War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a vast video arcade game. Its… — Chris Hedges
We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will… — H. H. Asquith
The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from… — James Madison
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
People who make war in order to escape slavery may possibly win....This will doubtless bring death and suffering to thousands....But people who tamely allow slavery… — Kenneth Roberts

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