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War Quotes by William Graham Sumner
- If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are…
- If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject...
- We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.
- If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a…
- A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you…
More War Quotes
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov