The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

Peace and not war is the father of all things.

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.