William Graham Sumner Quotes about War

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If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a man's reason and betray him against himself. Civilized men have done their

If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a man's reason and betray him against himself. Civilized men have done their fiercest fighting for doctrines.

William Graham Sumner

Betrayal, War, Fighting

William Graham Sumner (1963). “Social Darwinism: selected essays”, Prentice Hall

A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you want; for what we prepare for is what we shall get.

William Graham Sumner

War, Decision, Mind

William Graham Sumner (1963). “Social Darwinism: selected essays”, Prentice Hall

I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.

William Graham Sumner

Country, War, Years

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

William Graham Sumner

War, Force, Mass

William Graham Sumner (1914). “The challenge of facts: and other essays”

If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

William Graham Sumner

Peace, War, Thinking

William Graham Sumner (1919). “War and Other Essays”