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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. – H.L. Mencken, 1930

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking… the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. – Albert Einstein

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. – David Friedman

Sometimes I think it should be a rule of war that you have to see somebody up close and get to know him before you can shoot him. – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

All the arms we need are for hugging. – Author Unknown

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. – Napoleon

If we do not end war — war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything. – H.G. Wells, Things to Come (the “film story”), Part III, adapted from his 1933 n

A great war leaves the country with three armies — an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. – German Proverb

The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living. – Omar Bradley

What this planet needs is more mistletoe and less missile-talk. – Author Unknown

Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people — and kill them. – Pacifist Badge, 1978

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. – Ernest Hemingway

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. – Jeanette Rankin

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon. – David Lloyd George

War would end if the dead could return. – Stanley Baldwin

War! that mad game the world so loves to play. – Jonathan Swift

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. – Voltaire, War

We need a new law that owners of SUVs are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go get their own goddamn oil. – Jello Biafra, quoted in The Guardian, 3 November 2007

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? – Benjamin Franklin