Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Military
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The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. Their system was to make every man a soldier, and oblige him to repair to the standard of his country whenever that was reared. This made them invincible; and the same remedy will make us so.
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The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.
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Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical.
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Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.
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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
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We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.
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Never [enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
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We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education.
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
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