Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Peace Quotes, War Quotes

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.