Meyer London Quotes
War is no more inevitable than the plague is inevitable. War is no more a part of human nature than the burning of witches is a human act.
Meyer London, 1871-1926, U. S. Congressman (Socialist, NY), Speech, U. S. Congress, March 17, 1916
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Kennedy was an admirer of Hitler and convinced that democracy was finished in England. His views—see also {610121} and {610122}—destroyed his own political career in the United States, and he thereafter maintained his political aspirations through his children.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Presidential nominee. Johnson was a leader of some members of Congress some of whom were extreme isolationists and some of whom were Nazi sympathizers and Hitler admirers. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor later that year, Germany, fulfilling its treaty with Japan, declared war on America, Johnson’s group no longer mattered. Before WWII most Republicans were opposed to Defense Spending and accused the Democrats of being war hawks. After WWII, they flip flopped and became more hawkish than the Democrats who they accused of being soft on defense for years thereafter. See {631380} for President Roosevelt’s different view.
Meyer London was an American politician from New York City. He represented the Lower East Side of Manhattan and was one of only two members of the Socialist Party of America elected to the United States Congress.
