#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

Military men are the scourges of the world. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#military #men

But you invite ...” “I invite a bit of military nonsense.” “That’s what I ...” “Duncan, I am a teacher. Remember that. By repetition, I impress the lesson.” “What lesson?” “The ultimately suicidal nature of military foolishness. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#pacifism #nature

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

The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic. ↗

— Jeannette Rankin

#peace #propaganda #war #propaganda

...overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty. ↗

— George Washington

#military

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#economic #forward #hand #internationalism #isolationism

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

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

— Abraham Lincoln

#militarism #victory