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Antiwar Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- 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…
- War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of…
- We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.
More Antiwar Quotes
- 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