All things Quote by Ludwig von Mises

“Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all…

— Ludwig von Mises

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

— Ludwig von Mises

History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents… A lasting order cannot…

— Ludwig von Mises

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of…

— Ludwig von Mises

War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of…

— Ludwig von Mises

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

— H. G. Wells

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

— Rachel Carson

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove…

— Marquis de Sade

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

— Edward R. Murrow

An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

— Thomas Paine

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the constant will…

— Baruch Spinoza