#militarism

Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#behind #earlier #fortified #militarism #protectionism

Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#basically #certain #forms #function #interpretation

No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#degree #differences #free #inherent #merely

Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#blood #crushes #globe #imperialism #like

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#british #burden #colonists #exist #financial

Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#energies #freedom #freedom from #german #german people

German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#generation #german #lands #militarism #neighbors

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#battle #concept #decisive #engage #internationalism

Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace. ↗

— Arnold Joseph Toynbee

#militarism #peace #war #art

He explained to Atro that he now understood why the army was organized as it was. It was indeed quite necessary. No rational form of organization would serve the purpose. He simply had not understood that the purpose was to enable men with machine guns to kill unarmed men and women easily and in great quantities when told to do so. Only he still could not see where courage, or manliness, or fitness entered in. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#courage