A quote from Thomas Jefferson, how true this is!

[tford (OFC)]

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when
everybody stands around reloading.."





Thomas Jefferson

[da gimp]

Yessir, thanks.

[Fred]

Very Good!

[SMOKEY]

Ah yes, a Vajanyan with common sense

[Hecklerusp45]

Good one. Reminds me of the bumper sticker, "Keep honking, I’m reloading".

[Guamsst]

There is also a qoute refering to why history books are so heavily loaded with warfare. it is something along the lines of "War is History, History is simply warfare occasionally interrupted by peace"

[mike webb]

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
George Santayana, Mac Arthur mistakenly attributed this quote to Plato.

[Art]

Without researching it that dosen't sound anything like a quote from a man born in the 18th century. It is a neat quote though.

Upon researching it though I did find several Jefferson quotes on peace none of which are anything like the one in the OP either in style or spirit. The actual author of the quote in the OP is unknown.

[Guamsst]

I've seen it attributed to others too.

The problem with qoutes from the internet is, you never know if they are true or not- Abraham Lincoln

[Art]

I've seen it attributed to others too.

Thinking about it I believe I saw it years ago on a poster called "Murphy's Laws of War" along with "Friendly fire isn't," and "Tracers work both ways."