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“The art of plucking the goose without making it cry out has been developed to a high state of perfection at the hands of the war makers.” quote by Frederic C. Howe — Download Open image

“The art of plucking the goose without making it cry out has been developed to a high state of perfection at the hands of the war makers.”

Frederic C. Howe

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People do not want war. War springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people.

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These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim: Get a monopoly; let Society work for you; and remember that the best of all business is politics, for a legislative grant, franchise, subsidy or tax exemption is worth more than a Kim-berly or Comstock lode, since it…

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War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.

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