Last of the living dead Force

Last of the living dead

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Governments constantly choose between telling lies and last of the living dead wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other. as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer. If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. About the quote : in a letter to William Short, 28 July 1 The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest. The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people. About the quote : From a letter to president Monroe, 1 Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. Peace and abstinence last of the living dead European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves. About the quote : Originally in a letter to William C. Jarvis, 18 Can be found in volume of Writings New York, NY: Library of America p. 493 This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force. About the quote : in a letter to John Adams, 1 A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.