Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Peace Quotes, War Quotes

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

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,...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

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 most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

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'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

Fight shy of the medicine which thy mother and thy father, thy sister and thy...

Fight shy of the medicine which thy mother and thy father, thy sister and thy...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls...