Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 "There never was a good war or a bad peace." Benjamin Franklin (1706– 90), U.S. statesman, writer. Letters to Sir Joseph Banks, 27 July 1783, and Josiah Quincy, 11 Sept. 1783 (published in Complete Works, vol. 8, ed. by John Bigelow, 1887–88). "It takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy him." Baudouin I, King of Belgium (b. 1930), from 1951. Address, 12 May 1959, to joint session of U.S. Congress. "More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars." Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, 13 April 1945, prepared for Jefferson Day broadcast, the day after Roosevelt's sudden death at Warm Springs, Ga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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