“He who wants peace must prepare for war.” Claudius, [Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus] (10 BC-54 AD) fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Source Reference Claudius Quote

“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” General Douglas MacArthur, (1880-1964) WWII Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific, Supreme United Nations Commander. Source Reference General Douglas MacArthur Quote

“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.” Justice William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source: The Court Years, 1939-1975, 1980. Source Reference Famous Justice William O. Douglas Quote

“That distinct sovereignties could exist under one government, emanating from the same people, was a phenomenon in the political world, which the wisest statesmen in Europe could not comprehend; and of its practicability many in our own country entertained the…

“…no nation which signs this [UN] Charter can justly maintain that any of its acts are its own business, or within its own domestic jurisdiction, if the security council says that these acts are a threat to the peace.” William Carr, National…

“The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.” James Madison, (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for…

“If you want a Big Brother, you get all that comes with it.” Erich Fromm, (1900-1980). Source: Escape from Freedom. Source Reference Erich Fromm Quote

“Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.” Thucydides, [Thoukudídês] (c.455-c.400 BC) Greek historian, author of the History of the…

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Mao Tse-Tung, Premier of China (1893 – 1976). Source Reference Mao Tse-Tung Quote

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes…known instruments for bringing…

“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward…

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source: February 15, 1848, letter to William Herndon. Source…