Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless... If there is not sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another, possibly more effective pretext after war is on.
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Original Citation
La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in "The Right of the Citizen to Oppose War and the Right of Congress to Shape the War Policy." The Progressive, 1 June 1917.
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Current Citation
La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in The Historic Unfulfilled Promise, written by Howard Zinn. City Lights Publishers, 2012, ch. 19.
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