My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements and exercising them for the destruction of mankind

We are a plague on the Earth.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace

My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.