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we must resort to force only in case we may not avail ourselves of discussion. The only excuse, therefore, for going to war
is that we may live in peace unharmed; and when the victory is won, we should spare those who have not been blood-
thirsty and barbarous in their warfare. For instance, our forefathers actually admitted to full rights of citizenship the
Tusculans, Acquians, Volscians, Sabines, and Hernicians, but they razed Carthage and Numantia to the ground. I wish they
had not destroyed Corinth; but I believe they had some special reason for what they did - its convenient situation, probably
- and feared that its very location might some day furnish a temptation to renew the war. In my opinion, at least, we should
always strive to secure a peace that shall not admit of guile. And if my advice had been heeded on this point, we should
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