Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.
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It is far easier to make war than peace.
Making peace is harder than making war.
Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
Democracies do not go to war. War is not our expression of thought.
Democracies take time.
Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
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