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Antiwar Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
- The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
- Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.
- The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.
- Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.
- The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
- If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.
- Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.
- Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.
- To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
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