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- True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.
- Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Letter to General P. G. T. Beauregard, October 3, 1865
- Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), A Mencken Chrestomathy
- Yes, God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.
- Ely Culbertson, Must We Fight Russia, chapter 5, 1946
- At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Letter to Mrs. Sarah Brydges Willyams, October 17, 1863
- Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
- Will Durant and Arial Durant, The Lessons of History, Chapter 11, 1968
- Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Mr. Dumas, March 24, 1793
- That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Benjamin Waring and others, March 23, 1801
- For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.
- Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677), Tractatus Politicus
- Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), Address to the United States Senate, January 22, 1917
- People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business.
- Walter E. Washington, Mayor of Washington, D.C., c. 1971
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