"War...is as much a punishment to the..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.
More by Thomas Jefferson
“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
“Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man.”
“Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.”
More on Consequences
“The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.”
“We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.”
“Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.”
More on Justice
“I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”
“One ought to be just before one is generous”
“Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think that in such a cse to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional but withal a great mercy.”