3 Quotes Tagged: garrison-state

if Germany won it would change the course of our civilization and make the United States a military nation [and] it would check his policy for a better international ethical code

No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion, or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety

You know how impossible it is, in short, to have a free nation if it is a military nation and under military orders