The influence of war on the community at large, on its prosperity, its morals, and its political institutions, though less striking than on the soldi… - William Ellery Channing
" "The influence of war on the community at large, on its prosperity, its morals, and its political institutions, though less striking than on the soldiery, is yet baleful. How often is a community impoverished to sustain a war in which it has no interest?
English
Collect this quote
About William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing (April 7 1780 – October 2 1842) was the foremost Unitarian theologian and preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Reverend William Ellery Channing
•
William E. Channing
•
William Channing
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by William Ellery Channing
O, for a voice of power to arouse the human spirit from its death in life of animality, to quicken it with a fit consciousness of its own nature, to lift it to an adequate comprehension of the purposes for which the sublime thoughts of God, of duty, of disinterested love, of heaven are opened within!
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Loading...
QuoteGPT