A referendum on war.

• Author: La Follette, Robert M.
• Position: 1924 - Brief article

October 1924

We favor such amendments to the Federal Constitution as may be necessary to insure a popular referendum for or against war except in cases of actual invasion.

--La Follette Platform

We maintain that the man does not live, and never will live, who is noble enough, high-minded enough, or wise enough to lead 110 million people into war without the sanction and express demand of the people themselves. We hold that no body of men constituting a Congress of the United States are, or ever will be, noble enough, disinterested enough, or wise enough to condemn thousands and...