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“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

“It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.”

“The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.”

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.”

“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”