Robin Williams Quotes

I don't think soldiers should be anywhere in the world. I mean, that is a moral and a basic philosophy. I think that the only way to end wars is to have no military and to find other ways in which - I think we should suspend all nuclear weapons.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built.

I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil.

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible.

It is folly to argue whether one weapon is more immoral than another. For, in a larger sense, it is war itself which is immoral.

A man who invents a terrible explosive does more for peace than a thousand mild apostles.

You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war.

Today nuclear weapons are a blunt instrument. Problems cannot be solved through bombs. They are of little use. We need logic.

The hellish instruments of war must be smoked out while there is still peace. The Trade Union Movement must be compelled not to allow their old resolutions to fade in the files.

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery. It is also a time for facing the fact that you cannot use a weapon, even though it is the weapon that gives you greater strength than other nations, if it is so destructive that it practically wipes out large areas of land and great numbers of innocent people.

We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias.

If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction.

Now were it up to me, I would abolish all warfare.

Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.

Nothing can justify war.

I am against all war.

You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be banished from the earth.

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

If human beings are to survive in a nuclear age, committing acts of violence may eventually have to become as embarrassing as urinating or defecating in public are today.