Anti war Quote by William Ellery Channing

The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could…

— William Ellery Channing

The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely…

— Louis D. Brandeis

Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.

— Richard M. Nixon

“There has never been a just [war], never an honorable one--on the part of the instigator of the war. I can see a million…

— Mark Twain

“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal…

— George Orwell

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

So far as I am concerned I have no doctrinaire belief in free speech. In the interest of the war it is necessary to…

— Walter Lippmann

“Here is the truth: It matters, what you do at war. It matters more than you ever want to know. Because countries, like people,…

— Megan Stack

“Any nation allowing its people the right of freedom of speech is powerless to defend itself against enemies masquerading as patriotic; and seeking to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

— Thomas Mann

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question the war…

— Howard Zinn