We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We …

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We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.115, Algora Publishing
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We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence, p.115, Algora Publishing

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