US Presidents on War

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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. -John F. Kennedy

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. -John Adams

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. -Ulysses S. Grant

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. -Herbert Hoover

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. -John F. Kennedy

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. -George Washington

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. -Thomas Jefferson

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. -Barack Obama

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