O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.

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."

Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease,
He makes a solitude and calls it--peace!

Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease,
He makes a solitude and calls it--peace!

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.

Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.

For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now ask, Peace be
with thee.

For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now ask, Peace be
with thee.

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness read more

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.