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Antiwar Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits
- The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
- I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
- Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and…
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden
- 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
- 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
- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. — Joseph Addison
- All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
- It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. — Alfred Adler