Mobilization Quotes

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a good chance of eventually being fought.

Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition.

Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act.

The nation is a power hard to rouse, but when roused harder still and more hopeless to resist.

This city has done more to supply and carry on this war than any other save perhaps Richmond. They have attacked us and our government. It must be destroyed.

When the state does go to war ... so too should the nation.

Revolution is but thought carried into action.

Remember that everybody signed up as fast as they could in World War I because they thought the war would be over by Christmas.

I'm an activist; I have to be angry all the time. That's what we do!

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

I was drafted during the Korean War.

My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!

When young people are powerful, our Party and People's Army are powerful, and there is nothing for us to be afraid of.

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 at the point where we can mobilize all of this righteous indignation into a powerful mass movement.