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befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. To announce that there must be no criticism of the morally treasonable to the American public. Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment. In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. Our children are not born to hate, they are raised to hate. Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting 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 from 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. I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. To preserve our must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.