Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.
It will always be considered a praiseworthy undertaking to urge the most obstinate and incredulous to abide by the principles that impel men to live in society. There are, therefore, three distinct classes of vice and virtue: the religious, the natural, and the political. These three classes should never be in contradiction with one another.
Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.