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"The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel."
John Boehner
"The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel."
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"Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God."
Thomas Kempis
"Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God."
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"The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance."
Ahmed Yassin
"The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance."
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"If you become the light of peace there will be no darkness of hatred."
Debasish Mridha
"If you become the light of peace there will be no darkness of hatred."
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"Be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you."
Charles Bukowski
"Be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you."
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"In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems."
Sargent Shriver
"In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems."
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"It is your sole responsibility to protect your peace of mind at all times. Don't allow miserable people to steal your joy. Many of them hate to see others happy and doing well. A lot of them will hate you just for the fact that you refuse to be placed in the shackles of misery with them."
Edmond Mbiaka
"It is your sole responsibility to protect your peace of mind at all times. Don't allow miserable people to steal your joy. Many of them hate to see others happy and doing well. A lot of them will hate you just for the fact that you refuse to be placed in the shackles of misery with them."
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"The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years."
Peter DeFazio
"The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years."
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"I fought for peace in the fifties."
Pete Seeger
"I fought for peace in the fifties."
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"Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference."
Nelson Mandela
"Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference."
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"And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important."
Frank Carlucci
"And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important."
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"Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions."
Douglas Feith
"Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions."
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"Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process."
Martin McGuinness
"Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process."
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"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."
George Herbert
"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."
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"Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind."
George Grosz
"Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind."
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"The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members."
Tom Hayden
"The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members."
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"In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva."
Frederick Reines
"In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva."
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"This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future."
Mark Kennedy
"This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future."
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"Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace."
Theodore C. Sorensen
"Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace."
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"It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous."
John Negroponte
"It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous."
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"Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq."
Ali A. Saleh
"Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq."
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"Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good."
Samantha Smith
"Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good."
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"Capitalism is war; socialism is peace."
Karl Liebknecht
"Capitalism is war; socialism is peace."
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"The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War."
Kenzaburo Oe
"The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War."
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"God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight."
Samantha Smith
"God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight."
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"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
John Lubbock
"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
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"When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world."
Richard Gere
"When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world."
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"In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies."
Jim Costa
"In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies."
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"I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace."
William Tecumseh Sherman
"I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace."
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"Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping."
Harri Holkeri
"Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping."
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"The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization."
Lytton Strachey
"The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization."
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"Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace."
John Desmond Bernal
"Hunger and sex still dominate the primitive mammalian side of human existence, but at the present time it looks as if humanity were within sight of their satisfaction. Permanent plenty, no longer a Utopian dream, awaits the arrival of permanent peace."
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"I believe in peace. I believe in mercy."
Malala Yousafzai
"I believe in peace. I believe in mercy."
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"I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe."
Norman Granz
"I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe."
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"Peace is the first thing the angels sang."
John Keble
"Peace is the first thing the angels sang."
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"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again."
Anne Frank
"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again."
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"Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain."
John Desmond Bernal
"Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain."
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"If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon race will be a still more potent influence in the future of the world."
Edward Grey
"If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon race will be a still more potent influence in the future of the world."
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"Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible."
Gustav Heinemann
"Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible."
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"The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth."
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
"The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth."
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"Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's."
Mariel Hemingway
"Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's."
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"But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour."
Bryan Ferry
"But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour."
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"After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised."
William Lilly
"After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised."
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"Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet."
Bill Cosby
"Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet."
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"Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth."
Kenichi Fukui
"Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth."
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"If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace."
Oswald Spengler
"If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace."
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"Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."
Nelson Mandela
"Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."
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"The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal."
Jeff Sessions
"The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal."
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"To be at one with God is to be at peace... peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul."
Ralph W. Trine
"To be at one with God is to be at peace... peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul."
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"Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge."
Hiawatha
"Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge."
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