Matt Bevin Quotes

Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves.

War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But 'twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we have to tackle the root of the problem. I am pleased to note that you are honest people and admit that you are obliged to support the Zionists.

Only very coarse persons wanted wars.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived.

A man does not fight to win; it is better to fight in vain.

I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.

Every victory accomplished with weapons is a funeral that should be mourned.

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival

We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.

One has renounced the great life when one renounces war.

War that I have anywhere in my life should stop.

Peace will come soon to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure their cases and pay the costs.

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.

If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.

Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice.

Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.