Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

We carefully nurture a spirit of detachment toward the wars we pay for.

The Boston Globe, 9/21/04

We cloak ourselves in cold indifference to the unnecessary suffering of others--even when we cause it.

The Boston Globe, 9/21/04

War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement

from "Political Observations," April 20, 1795.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

from "Political Observations," 1795

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps the most to be dreaded because it compromises and develops the germ of every other.

from "Political Observations," 1795.

A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it.

as written in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. You can read more about this in Thomas E. Woods, Jr's article "Presidential War Powers" on www.LewRockwell.com.

War...should only be declared by the authority of the people...instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

All men having power ought to be mistrusted.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

This quote is from the period he served as a US Congressman (he represented Virginia from 1789-1797).

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

This quote is from the period he served as a US Congressman (he represented Virginia from 1789-1797).

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

American Journalist (1909-1995), best known for his work with the NY Times.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

in his article “From Fear to Eternity,” Vanity Fair, March 2005

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

in his article “From Fear to Eternity” in Vanity Fair, March 2005

It’s one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in.

in his article “From Fear to Eternity” in Vanity Fair, March 2005

Every man thinks god is on his side.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.