"You have not been mistaken in supposing..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my dispos[i]tion to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself, the world has had proofs, and more, perhaps, than it has approved. I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the dispos[i]tion to war; but of its abolition I despair.
More by Thomas Jefferson
“There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have measured to him.”
“We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists”
“With all the defects in our Constitution, whether general or particular, the comparison of our government with those of Europe, is like a comparison of Heaven with Hell. England, like the earth, may be allowed to take the intermediate station.”
More on Peace
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.”
“There is no just and serene criticism as yet.”
“Set we forward; letA Roman and a British ensign waveFriendly together. So through Lud's town march,And in the temple of the great JupiterOur peace we'll ratify, seal it with feasts.Set on there! Never was a war did cease,Ere bloody hands were washed, with such a peace.”