 If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. |
| When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war. |
| Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. |
| One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. |
| If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. |
| War itself is the enemy of the human race. |
| Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. |
| Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. |
| There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. |
| We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. |
| In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. |
