“We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.”
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“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.”
“The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.”
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
“We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”
“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.”
“In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.”
“Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.”
“War is the ultimate tool of politics.”
“The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.”
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.”
“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”
“Sports is like a war without the killing.”
“Laws are silent in time of war.”
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
“We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II.”
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
“When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.”
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”
“The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.”
“If we don't end war, war will end us.”
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”