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Wars Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their…
- We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable…
- It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars…
- Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
- We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore…
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- It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less… — Benjamin Franklin
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- We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity. — Arlen Specter
- The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine