Quote by Gerrit Smith
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the oc

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. – Gerrit Smith

Other quotes by Gerrit Smith

The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him. – Gerrit Smith

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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 oclock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. – Gerrit Smith

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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. – Gerrit Smith

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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. – Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind. – George Grosz

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In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. – George Bernard Shaw

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