"Disarmament and complete pacifism is indisputably the wisest policy." -Bertrand Russel, 1936

Pacifists and other "give peace a chance" types have never really been discredited in popular culture.  But they have gotten millions killed.

It's said that society is judged by how it treats the least of its citizens, but it's just as good to judge it by how it treats the most.  For example, you won't believe how often China murders one of its billionaires.

"There never was a war in all history easier to prevent." -Winston Churchill, postwar

https://www.forbes.com/sites/raykwong/2011/07/25/friends-dont-let-friends-become-chinese-billionaires/?sh=15d67cec2dda