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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometime

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. – Andrew Jackson

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Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. – Andrew Jackson

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Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down. – Andrew Jackson

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson

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Peace without justice is tyranny. – William Allen White

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The threat today is not that of the 1930s. Its not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically. – Tony Blair

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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. – Ludwig Quidde

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Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me. – Lena Horne

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All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true. – Kurt Vonnegut

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Men must know their limitations. – Clint Eastwood

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