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The great war of to-day is a war for bread and butter

— Belva Ann Lockwood Growth of Peace Principles (1895)

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Peace is a matter of education more largely than of legislation; although the latter is necessary.

Growth of Peace Principles (1895)

We have ten statues to the soldier where we have one to the philanthropist.

Growth of Peace Principles (1895)

Women have nothing to gain by war, and the laboring man only a soldier's grave, or wasted health, with his sacrifices speedily forgotten or ignored by the Government and the masses.

Growth of Peace Principles (1895)

A recital of their wars constitutes the largest portion of the history of Christian nations; while the strides that they have made in commerce, in manufactures, and the arts, constitute the least.

Growth of Peace Principles (1895)

Shall we not then have women school trustees and superintendents? Already they are appointed in the East and in the West, and women are permitted to vote at the school elections. Who has a deeper interest in the schools than the mothers?

In Women at the Podium: Memorable Speeches in History (2000)

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