Quote#War
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers…
Quote byThomas Paine · 1737–1809
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Agrarian Justice (1797), Means by Which the Fund Is to Be Created.
English (original)
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot; it will succeed where diplomatic management would fall: it is neither the Rhine, the Channel, nor the ocean that can arrest its progress: it will march on the horizon of the world, and it will conquer.
— Thomas Paine
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