William Appleman Williams quotes
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“Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war.”
-- William Appleman WilliamsSource : William Appleman Williams, Henry W. Berger (1992). “A William Appleman Williams reader: selections from his major historical writings”, Ivan R Dee
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“This national argument is usually interpreted as a battle between imperialists led by Roosevelt and Lodge and anti-imperialists led by William Jennings Bryan and Carl Schurz. It is far more accurate and illuminating however, to view it as a three-cornered fight. The third group was a coalition of businessmen, intellectuals, and politicians who opposed traditional colonialism and advocated instead a policy of an open door through which America's preponderant economic strength would enter and dominate all underdeveloped areas of the world.”
-- William Appleman Williams
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Source : "Our Generation Against Nuclear War". Book by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos, 1983.
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
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“Preparing to live your dream is postponing it. You are either living it, or not.”
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“The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.”
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“I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.”
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