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.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.

If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]

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.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

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.