We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war.

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.