Quote by Thomas Jefferson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. – Thomas Jefferson

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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. – Thomas Jefferson

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The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity. – Arthur Henderson

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I tell people I wont vote to go to war unless Im ready to go or send my kids. – Rand Paul

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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war. – Will Durant

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We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. – Chief Joseph

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Where words fail, music speaks. – Hans Christian Andersen

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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. – Jesse Jackson

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