I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. — Quoted

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“I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.”

Thomas Jefferson · War

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Thomas Jefferson

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

War

Thomas Jefferson

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Friendship

Thomas Jefferson

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Age

Thomas Jefferson

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

Imagination