What William Morris thinks about war
English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896); author of Signs of Change.
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1 dated position, c. 1883–1888, in their own words. Our reading of what William Morris has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingCompetition is war, which at best pursues one’s own advantage at the cost of someone else’s loss
Their wordsWar or competition, whichever you please to call it, means at the best pursuing your own advantage at the cost of some one else’s loss, and in the process of it you must not be sparing of destruction even of your own possessions, or you will certainly come by the worse in the struggle.
↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book