I prefer peace; but if trouble must come, let it come in my ... - Thomas Paine

"I prefer peace; but if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."

Thomas Paine Peace

Revolutionary, Political Writer British-American 1737–1809

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