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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3947 Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3947
AUTHOR:Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
QUOTATION:There never was a good war or a bad peace. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773.
 
Note 1.
It hath been said that an unjust peace is to be preferred before a just war.—Samuel Butler: Speeches in the Rump Parliament. Butler’s Remains. [back]