Lokashakti Quotes Archive

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man.  Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force?  Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures?

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.