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Militarism Quotes

I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.

I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Politics, Madness, Militarism
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.

Emma Goldman
Military, Militarism, Capitalism
Emma Goldman, Candace Falk (2008). “Emma Goldman”, p.381, University of Illinois Press

Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression.

Albert Einstein
Opinion, Aggression, Militarism
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.294, Princeton University Press

Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.

Herbert Spencer
Civilization, Barbarism, Militarism

Militarism consumes the strongest and most productive elements of each nation. Militarism swallows the largest part of the national revenue.

Emma Goldman
Elements, Revenue, Militarism
Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman (1917). “Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York, July, 1917”

The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war.

Mairead Corrigan
War, Too Much, Militarism
Source: www.progressive.org

the function of militarism is to kill. It cannot live except through murder.

Emma Goldman
Murder, Function, Militarism
Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman (1917). “Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York, July, 1917”

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