#militarism

if Germany won it would change the course of our civilization and make the United States a military nation [and] it would check his policy for a better international ethical code ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#militarism #world-war-i #change

Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#militarism #war #imagination

War grows out of ordinary human nature. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#war #men

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#militarism #victory

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

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

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

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world. ↗

— Eugene Victor Debs

#anti-nationalism #compassion #humanity #universal-love #love