WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 01 May 2026 23:37:42 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg POW – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter (1779-03-27) to Patrick Henry https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/5578/ https://wist.info/jefferson-thomas/5578/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:25:44 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=5578 But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.


Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Letter (1779-03-27) to Patrick Henry
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