Anti-Militarism Quotes

Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist

Europeans are far more anti-war than Americans. They've had more wars, and they really just don't believe in it any more. But Americans do.

I love my country but I cannot vote for war.

There's no such thing as an anti-war film.

There was a time when liberalism was identified with anti-Communism. But the Vietnam War led liberals into the arms of the Left, which had been morally confused about Communism since its inception and had become essentially pacifist following the carnage of World War I.

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

Two thousand years ago, we abandoned imperialism and militarism. We have been peace-lovers ever since.

I never aligned myself specifically with the anti-war movement.

Many people opposed the very institution of the militia. Temperance proponents objected to the excessive drinking that accompanied musters; peace advocates hated the militarism, no matter how pathetic; merchants and farmers resented the lost time and taxes; labor groups resented the expense of buying guns, flints, and ammunition; others found no utility in the institution now that the United States was not threatened by any external foe. Even in the absence of foreign enemies, some opponents feared that the existence of the militia could encourage a democratic government to declare an unnecessary war.

We want a rocket-free country. That’s what we want.

I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made me into a passionate pacifist and anti-militarist. I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

I think if you just made a film that says, 'This is anti-war,' and you had to spend two hours explaining that... you don't like war? Wow, that's original. Know what I mean?

I do hereby pledge myself never to enlist or enter into any army or navy, or to yield my voluntary support or sanction to the preparation for or prosecution of any war, by whomsoever or for whatsoever proposed, declared, or waged.

I wouldn't say I was part of an anti-war campaign.

[O]ur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.

I was involved in the anti-war movement.

Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society.

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into the military when they should be using that same energy getting rid of the military completely.

I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons for the cause of a war.

The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic.

If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'pro' one side or the other in a conflict.