Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Quotes
Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.
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The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.
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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.
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Democracy is the road to socialism.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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Peace is its own reward.
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Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.
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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
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There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.
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I like peace and solitude and silence.
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Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.
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For those whose lives have been turned upside down by Chinese drywall, we're trying to give them a chance to seek justice.
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The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.
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After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!' And then Sasha added, 'Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.' So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.
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We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.
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Peoples everywhere wish and long for peace and freedom in their simplest and clearest connotations: an end to armed conflict and to the suppression of the inalienable rights of man.
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The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
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Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
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If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.
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I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with.
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When you start talking about same-sex marriage, you start talking about abortion, and I think those issues are very very important and very interesting and very right for us to talk about, but when we allow those issues to cannibalize all other issues we find ourselves homeless while we debate about it.
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After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.
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Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.
