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We make war that we may live in peace
To lead an uninstructed people to war is to throw them away
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance
Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful
A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular
In war there is no prize for runner-up
Who, doomed to go in company with Pain
And Fear and Bloodshed, - miserable train! -
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.
And Fear and Bloodshed, - miserable train! -
Turns his necessity to glorious gain.
Character of the Happy Warrior
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
in The New Dictionary of Thoughts
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
Letter to W. S. Smith. 1787
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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