Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Peace
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Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
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I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.
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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
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A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
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I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.
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We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States