“Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.”
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“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin
“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution
Source: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
Source: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”
Source: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther
“The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.”
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
Source: James Madison's
Source: The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States
“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.”
“War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.”
Source: Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
Source: Newer Roosevelt messages: speeches, letters and magazine articles dealing with the war, before and after, and other vital topics
“A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.”
“The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.”
“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.”
Source: Democracy in America
Source: Essays, letters, miscellanies
“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
Source: Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”