Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Well some people actually like peace and stuff...
But at what cost?

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

And finally...

Let's set the record straight. There is no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace - and you can have it in the next second - surrender.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Everybody wants peace, but there are some things worth fighting for, some things that people do not want to wait for. No, Britain was no Nazi Germany, but another century of oppression was not what people wanted and not what people should have received. There had to be something done, and there was. The quotes above are there because they summarize my opinion - life is a beautiful thing, and so is peace, but there are some things in life that you need to be willing to fight for.