Benjamin Franklin Quote

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent.


The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged (ed. 1806)


The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less...

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less...

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less...

The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less...