Quote from Bertrand Russell 

"These men - ..., the politicians, ... - use their position, their knowledge, and their power of disseminating misinformation to arouse and stimulate the latent instinct for bloodshed. When they have succeeded, they say they are reluctantly forced to war by the pressure of public opinion."

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Bertrand Russell
[Bertrand Arthur William Russell] (1872-1970) Philosopher, educator
Source:
"War and Non-Resistance," Atlantic Monthly, August 1915, p. 274.
 
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