Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Robert M. La Follette

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Robert M. La Follette.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Robert M. La Follette

Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr., was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history".

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war. — © Robert M. La Follette
In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.
Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is on.
Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.
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