Quote by Thomas Paine
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may h

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

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To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life – bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. – Peace Pilgrim

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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood. – William Allen White

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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. – Max Lerner

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We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. – Book Of Common Prayer

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I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people. – Joe Lieberman

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Candor is a compliment it implies equality. Its how true friends talk. – Peggy Noonan

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. – Pliny the Younger, Letters

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