The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page 113
... Peace . . . . Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace . . . and the name of these roots is the Great White Roots of Peace . If any man or any nation outside of the Five Nations shall show a desire to obey the laws of the ...
... Peace . . . . Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace . . . and the name of these roots is the Great White Roots of Peace . If any man or any nation outside of the Five Nations shall show a desire to obey the laws of the ...
Page 157
... Peace is good . But if you are interested in peace through force and without free discussion - that is to say , free utterance decently and in order your interest in justice is slight . And peace without justice is tyr- anny , no matter ...
... Peace is good . But if you are interested in peace through force and without free discussion - that is to say , free utterance decently and in order your interest in justice is slight . And peace without justice is tyr- anny , no matter ...
Page 405
... peaceful people into war , into the most terrible and disas- trous of all wars . Civilization itself seems to be in the balance , but right is more precious than peace , and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried ...
... peaceful people into war , into the most terrible and disas- trous of all wars . Civilization itself seems to be in the balance , but right is more precious than peace , and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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