The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.