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Ambrose Bierce Quotes about Peace

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.45, ReadHowYouWant.com

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.202, University of Georgia Press

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)”, p.217, e-artnow

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

Ambrose Bierce (1912). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Antepenultimata”