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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward read more
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably read more
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if
we can, forcibly if we must."
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity read more
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace.
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace.
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as read more
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.