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Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have been disarmed have lost their liberties in less than forty years.
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527
- Freedom
- Guns
Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
- Patriotism
If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919America and the World War (1915)
- Morality
War does not determine who is right⁠—only who is left.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970
Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968
Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Vegetius400–450
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Young India (21 May 1925)
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Speech at Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington (6 September 1960)
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon1769–1821
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Speech in Ottawa (10 January 1946), published in Eisenhower Speaks: Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches (1948) edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon1769–1821
Of course the people dont want war…that is understood. But voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
Hermann Göring1893–1946In an interview with Gilbert in Göring’s jail cell during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (18 April 1946)
- Government
True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to an evil power…it is rather a courageous confrontation with evil by the power of love, in the faith that it is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon1769–1821