Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.

so few people realize that preparedness never leads to peace, but that it is indeed the road to universal slaughter.

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

...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.

Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soulless army of human prey.

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

In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.