“The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 148.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Matthew Henry38
Theologician from Wales 1662–1714Related quotes
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
First Annual Address, to both Houses of Congress (8 January 1790).
Compare: "Qui desiderat pacem præparet bellum" (translated: "Who would desire peace should be prepared for war"), Vegetius, Rei Militari 3, Prolog.; "In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello" (translated: "In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war"), Horace, Book ii. satire ii.
1790s
“At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Letter to Mrs. Sarah Brydges Willyams (17 October 1863), quoted in William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Volume II. 1860–1881 (London: John Murray, 1929), p. 73
William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian
Source: The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter I, "War", p. 27.
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) 37th President of the United States of America
1970s, Second Inaugural Address (1973)
Edward Teller (1908–2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist
The Pursuit of Simplicity (1981), p. 151
Variant: Total security has never been available to anyone. To expect it is unrealistic; to imagine that it can exist is to invite disaster. I believe the most important aim for humanity at present is to avoid war, dictatorship, and their awful consequences.
Better a Shield Than A Sword : Perspectives On Defense And Technology (1987), p. 241
Context: The preservation of peace and the improvement of the lot of all people require us to have faith in the rationality of humans. If we have this faith and if we pursue understanding, we have not the promise but at least the possibility of success. We should not be misled by promises. Humanity in all its history has repeatedly escaped disaster by a hair's breadth. Total security has never been available to anyone. To expect it is unrealistic; to imagine that it can exist is to invite disaster. What we do have in our technological capacities is an opportunity to use our inventiveness, our creativity, our wisdom and our understanding of our fellow beings to create a future world that is a little better than the one in which we live today.
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Speaking at observance of Perseverance Month, Fairgrounds Elementary School, Nashua, NH, January 27, 2000 http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/28/news/mn-58586 <br class="br">2000s, 2000
“What is the object of defense? To preserve. To preserve is easier than to acquire.”
Carl von Clausewitz book On War
Source: On War (1832), Book 6, Chapter 1.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Notes on Religion (October 1776), published in The Works of Thomas Jefferson in Twelve Volumes http://oll.libertyfund.org/ToC/0054.php, Federal Edition, Paul Leicester Ford, ed., New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904, Vol. 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/Jefferson0136/Works/0054-02_Bk.pdf, p. 256 <br class="br">1770s