An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it

Quote by John Paul Jones

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If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve...

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve...

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for...

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for...

I have not yet begun to fight!

I have not yet begun to fight!

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight...

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight...

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will...

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will...

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

To be at one with God is to be at peace ... peace is to...

To be at one with God is to be at peace ... peace is to...

Om Asato maa sad-gamaya; tamaso maa jyotir-ga-maya; mrtyor-maa amrutam gamaya. Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih. O...

Om Asato maa sad-gamaya; tamaso maa jyotir-ga-maya; mrtyor-maa amrutam gamaya. Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih. O...

The best thing of being with God isn't the blessing, but the peaceful feeling for...

The best thing of being with God isn't the blessing, but the peaceful feeling for...

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to...

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so...

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.