Arguing Quote by John Hewson

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a…

— Bob Hawke

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.

— Sandy Duncan

Australia is this former British colony at the foot of Asia. We've been involved - we've been in lockstep with America in every battle…

— Richard Glover

Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant.

— Toba Beta

Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both…

— Kevin Rudd

This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about first we…

— John Pilger

We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.

— Joe Klein

We are muddled into war.

— David Lloyd George

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

— Juan Manuel Santos

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

— Anonymous

We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war…

— Howard Zinn

The U.S. does not want to live under the shadow of a North Korea that possesses long-range missiles capable of delivering nuclear payloads to…

— Richard N. Haass