Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party...

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.

Holyoke (1817-1906) was an English secularist.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

from his book '1984,' published in 1949.

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

from his book '1984,' published in 1949.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable

from his 'Politics and the English Language.'

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

This quote comes from "Homage to Catalonia," Orwell's 1936 eyewitness account of the Spanish Civil War.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

This quote is spoken by the character of Emmanuel Goldstein in Orwell's novel, "1984."

War is a way of shattering to pieces...materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and...too intelligent.

This quote is spoken by the character of Emmanuel Goldstein in Orwell's novel, "1984."

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

This quote is spoken by the character of Emmanuel Goldstein in Orwell's novel, "1984."

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

Hate is able to provoke disorders, to ruin a social organization, to cast a country into a period of bloody revolutions; but it produces nothing.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

President Washington lived from 1732-1799. (From 'The Anti-War Quote Book,' Quirk Books, Ed. by Eric Groves Sr.)

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.