4 Quotes by Frederic C. Howe

War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.

People do not want war. War springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people.

The art of plucking the goose without making it cry out has been developed to a high state of perfection at the hands of the war makers.

It is only through an abandonment of the idea that those entrusted with power have an exclusive right to decide upon war, and the substitution of a public opinion equipped with all the facts and taken into the confidence of the ruling classes, that peace can be assured to the world.