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

Quote by Thomas Payne

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Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue...

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue...

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...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression...

We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us...

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find...

Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them...

Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them...

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned...

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are...

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are...

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a...

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a...

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

The trouble with my wife is that she is a whore in the kitchen and...

The trouble with my wife is that she is a whore in the kitchen and...

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...

Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in...