Peaceable Quotes

43 quotes by 38 authors

If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such… — Henry David Thoreau
The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own… — Samuel Adams
Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to… — Sojourner Truth
I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food, very fresh milk… — Heinrich Heine
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken… — Thomas Jefferson
When we have entered into divine covenants, the Holy Ghost is our comforter, our guide, and our companion. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are… — D. Todd Christofferson
Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights. — Thomas Jefferson
We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An… — Wendell Berry
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all… — Will Durant
The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule… — Maximilien Robespierre
The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves. — Lewis Tappan
You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not… — William Tecumseh Sherman
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his… — Thorstein Veblen
The principle of my political life ... is that all amelioration and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable… — Daniel O'Connell
I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those… — Walter E. Williams
To me, every fundamentalist Muslim, no matter how peaceable in his own behavior, is part of a murderous movement and is thus, in some fashion,… — Daniel Pipes
An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go over in our… — Boyd K. Packer
For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and… — Jonathan Mayhew

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