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"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
Baruch Spinoza
"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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"May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace."
Yoweri Museveni
"May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace."
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"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."
Abraham Lincoln
"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies."
Yitzhak Rabin
"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies."
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"Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations."
Kofi Annan
"Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations."
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"Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers."
Ahmed Ben Bella
"Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers."
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"I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act."
Yitzhak Rabin
"I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act."
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"Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations."
Yasser Arafat
"Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations."
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"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
Moshe Dayan
"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
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"I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace."
King Hussein I
"I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace."
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"But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter."
Elle Macpherson
"But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter."
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"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."
Mother Teresa
"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."
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"I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."
Woody Allen
"I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."
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"In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace."
Feisal Abdul Rauf
"In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace."
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"Peace in the head, peace in the stomach."
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
"Peace in the head, peace in the stomach."
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"Fighting for peace is not the solution,but loving for peace is the solution."
Debasish Mridha
"Fighting for peace is not the solution,but loving for peace is the solution."
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"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
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"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement."
Robert Mugabe
"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement."
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"For a peaceful life, always think of peace and forget to judge others."
Debasish Mridha
"For a peaceful life, always think of peace and forget to judge others."
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"That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle."
Hassan Nasrallah
"That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle."
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"I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian."
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
"I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian."
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"Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career."
Emerson Fittipaldi
"Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career."
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"Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country."
Hun Sen
"Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country."
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"I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that."
Walid Jumblatt
"I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that."
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"Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within."
Sandra Cisneros
"Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within."
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"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
Wangari Maathai
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
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"An unjust peace is better than a just war."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"An unjust peace is better than a just war."
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"We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace."
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
"We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace."
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"I created the Women's Federation for World Peace in order to restore all that woman originally lost. You American women don't need a man in the position of grandfather, parents, husband, elder or younger brother. You only need the true Adam."
Sun Myung Moon
"I created the Women's Federation for World Peace in order to restore all that woman originally lost. You American women don't need a man in the position of grandfather, parents, husband, elder or younger brother. You only need the true Adam."
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"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
Adam Smith
"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
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"Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task."
Hjalmar Branting
"Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task."
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"Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed."
Abdallah II
"Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed."
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"We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence."
Boutros Boutros Ghali
"We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence."
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"Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace."
Kim Il sung
"Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace."
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"We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham."
King Hussein I
"We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham."
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"Aggressive and irresponsible steps endanger the peace and stability of the world, and the international community feels the need to protect itself from Iran."
Moshe Katsav
"Aggressive and irresponsible steps endanger the peace and stability of the world, and the international community feels the need to protect itself from Iran."
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"The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador."
Boutros Boutros Ghali
"The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador."
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"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world."
Etty Hillesum
"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world."
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"Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread."
Pablo Neruda
"Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread."
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"Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace."
Raul Julia
"Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace."
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"For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place."
Owen Arthur
"For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place."
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"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
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"But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability."
Omar Bongo
"But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability."
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"It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents."
Nursultan Nazarbayev
"It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents."
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"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
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"Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily."
Boutros Boutros Ghali
"Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily."
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"Respect for the rights of others means peace."
Benito Juarez
"Respect for the rights of others means peace."
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"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
Jenny Shipley
"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
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"Sharon is capable of making peace."
Hosni Mubarak
"Sharon is capable of making peace."
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"Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland."
King Hussein I
"Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland."
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