"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves. They alone, if well informed, are capable of preventing the corruption of power, and of restoring the nation to its rightful course if it should go astray. They alone are the safest depository of the ultimate powers of government.”

“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent: but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, andto need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be as passive.”

“Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.”

“Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.”

“Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living.”

“As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.”

“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”

“Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so.”

“Justice delayed is democracy denied.”