Peace Quotes
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Most people in the Middle East at the moment, even if they are totally open-minded about possible peace, nobody does anything. It's an age of indifference in a way. It's like: "OK, terrible things are happening here, terrible things are happening there... forget it. We'll keep on going for our own benefit."
Eran Riklis
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He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.
Emily Bronte
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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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Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.
Norman Finkelstein
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The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.
Molly Ivins
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My poor little New Zealand: exporting frozen meat in peace, live meat in war.
James Henderson
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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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There is no peace without forgiveness.
Marianne Williamson
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Somewhere deep down in us is stored the secret, and when we are digging in the wrong place, we know it. The secret wants to be discovered and will not let us go in peace a way that is not ours.
Elizabeth O'Conner
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Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.
Michael Moorcock
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The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.
Silvia Cartwright
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For every man, peace of soul is precious.
Nikolaj Velimirovic
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NATO is ready for its new mission -- a mission to bring people back to their homes and to build a lasting and just peace in Kosovo.
Javier Solana
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Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.
Susan Cheever
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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 lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.
Elvis Costello
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Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet? Trust thou thy love: if she be mute, is she not pure? Lay thou thy soul full in her hands, low at her feet- Fail, Sun and Breath!-yet, for thy peace, she shall endure.
John Ruskin
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It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.
Shinzo Abe
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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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Peace, peace is what I seek and public calm, Endless extinction of unhappy hates.
Matthew Arnold
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The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God’s.
Elisabeth Elliot
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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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There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.
Leon Trotsky