Quote by Andrew Jackson
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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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support. – Andrew Jackson

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power
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Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. – Andrew Jackson

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Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side. – Sheila Jackson Lee

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I would rather have peace in the world than be President. – Harry S. Truman

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In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages. – Swami Brahmanada

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Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa. – Gerry Adams

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Hope is a waking dream. – Aristotle

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A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows. – John Powell

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another people are friends in spots. – George Santayana

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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

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