Robert Higgs Quotes

If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.

Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of force, and a certain and considerable price to be paid if the status quo is allowed to stand. Examples include World War II and the Korean War.

You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.

What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war?

Do we really want a world in which every country feels entitled to attack any other that might someday threaten it?

The nation that has the strongest war footing can easily find an excuse for going to war.

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom cloud.

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they're going there.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

You can't tell me that all the wars we are fighting are in America's national security interest.

I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.

While war is never anyone first choice, sometimes it is a necessary choice.

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It is the responsibility of Congress to deliberate and consult with the executive branch before involving ourselves in a military conflict.

Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars.

Americans assume that we never go to war to sustain our wealth, because war must be understood as a moral enterprise commensurate with our being a democracy.

We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.

The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his own personal, political gain.