War, Miltarism and Autonomy

"The soldier must be so trained that he becomes a mere automaton, he must be so trained that it will destroy his initiative; he must be so trained that he is turned into a machine. The soldier must be forced into the military noose; he must be jacked up; he must be ruled by his superiors with a pistol in his hand."
~Major General John F. O’Ryan


"You cannot conduct war with equals; you cannot have militarism with free born men; you must have slaves, automatons, machines, obedient disciplined creatures, who will move, act, shoot and kill at the command of their superiors."
~Emma Goldman