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Quote by Thomas Paine
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time,

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – Thomas Paine

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine

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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. – Thomas Paine

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When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore he belongs to the world. – Richard Gere

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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. – Martin Van Buren

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