Peace Quotes
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And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!" "Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?
J. R. R. Tolkien
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To engage human energy, human skill, and human talent in the service of peace, for the alternative is unthinkable - war, destruction, and desolation; and to build a world community which will stand as a lasting monument to the millions of men and women, to such devoted and distinguished world citizens and fighters for peace as the late Dag Hammarskjöld, who have given their lives that we may live in happiness and peace.
Albert Lutuli
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Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.
William E. Gladstone
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When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.
Red Cloud
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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.
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
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Judging others blocks me from inner peace
Suki Waterhouse
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Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.
John Milton
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If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. And if there is any one thing that is grinding and discouraging and disheartening, it is to have debts and obligations that one cannot meet.
Heber J. Grant
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Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone.
Elise M. Boulding
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For preserving peace of soul, it is also necessary to avoid judging others.
Nikolaj Velimirovic
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Peace is not just the absence of mass destruction, but a positive internal and external condition in which people are free so that they can grow to their full potential.
Petra Kelly
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It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, with strong alliances and international consensus. Imperfect as it may be, there is no doubt that this can best be done through the United Nations, not merely to preserve peace but also to make change, even radical change, without violence.
Jimmy Carter
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Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.
Denise Levertov
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Peace, peace is what I seek and public calm, Endless extinction of unhappy hates.
Matthew Arnold
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The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.
Virginia Woolf
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Peace. That's what I want all around the world, everywhere I go I always do the peace sign with my fingers.
Michael Jackson
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Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.
Nick Rahall
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It seems to be that loneliness is a small price to pay for peace and quiet.
Bart Yates
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We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.
Dalai Lama
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Many suffer so that some day all Irish people may know justice and peace.
Wolfe Tone
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Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
Will Durant
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Bush has said something new. He said, "If I will be president again, I will be a man of peace and serenity." May the Lord curse the liars, wherever they may be
Ali Meshkini
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We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched a missile, and we never fired a bullet while I was in office. Yet we protected the interests of the American people in a peaceful, but strong way.
Jimmy Carter
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It is our duty to ensure we have a peace worth fighting for.
Chris Bradford