“No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.” PeopleWarAgeNationsPeaceAnti WarAntiwarNo WarDeclaring War Author:Eugene V. Debs
“They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.” PeopleWorldBelieveWarAgeNationsPeaceVoiceMilitaryTaughtStrangeDutyCommandPatrioticAntiwarWorld HistoryNo WarDeclaringDeclaring War Author:Eugene V. Debs
“They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.” PeopleHas BeensWarSelfFreedomLibertyClassToo MuchSubjectsMastersBattleJokesInstitutionsDemocraticRepublicAntiwarConquestGoverningPlunder Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Every one of the aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being waged to make the world safe for democracy. What humbug! What rot! What false pretense! These... tyrants, these red-handed robbers and murderers, the "patriots," while the men who have the courage to stand face to face with them, speak the truth, and fight for their exploited victims - they are [called] the disloyalists and traitors. If this be true, I want to take my place side by side with the traitors in this fight.” IfsMenWorldWantWarWould BeFacesFightingSpeakSidesDemocracyHe ManSafeRedClaimsVictimBeing TrueTyrantsAntiwarSolitaryPatriotMurdererFace To FacePretenseSpeak The TruthTraitorRobbersArchesAristocraticHumbugConspirators Author:Eugene V. Debs
