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"The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods."
Gustav Stickley
"The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods."
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"You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way."
Anthony Eden
"You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way."
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"I was very active in the peace movement, still am."
Margot Kidder
"I was very active in the peace movement, still am."
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"I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?"
Siobhan Fahey
"I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?"
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"We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides."
Ariel Sharon
"We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides."
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"There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way."
Mike Love
"There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way."
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"Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause."
Fredrik Bajer
"Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause."
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"I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart."
Leon Jouhaux
"I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart."
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"It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world."
Aneurin Bevan
"It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world."
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"Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace."
Ludwig Quidde
"Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace."
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"True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased."
Gerrit Smith
"True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased."
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"If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace."
Gustav Stresemann
"If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace."
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"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."
Gustav Heinemann
"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."
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"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."
Moliere
"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."
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"We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya."
Boris Yeltsin
"We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya."
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"To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag."
Pauline Hanson
"To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag."
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"I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I have never known a day of perfect peace."
Frank James
"I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I have never known a day of perfect peace."
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"Do not harm your neighbour, who live trustfully near you."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Do not harm your neighbour, who live trustfully near you."
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"This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity."
Kendrick Meek
"This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity."
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"If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble."
Wyndham Lewis
"If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble."
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"That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation."
Charles E. Wilson
"That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation."
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"If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you."
Linda Evans
"If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you."
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"In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe."
Leon Jouhaux
"In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe."
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"Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice."
Arthur Henderson
"Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice."
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"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom."
Natan Sharansky
"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom."
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"Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?"
Warren Christopher
"Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?"
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"The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community."
Anna Lindh
"The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community."
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"I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace."
Pope Benedict XVI
"I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace."
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"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air."
Georges Bernanos
"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air."
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"The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades."
Alice Cooper
"The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades."
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"In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind."
Cat Stevens
"In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind."
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"I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict."
Frank B. Kellogg
"I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict."
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"Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait."
Nick Lampson
"Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait."
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"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace."
Alexis Carrel
"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace."
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"Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations."
Karl Liebknecht
"Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations."
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"I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged."
Maurice Strong
"I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged."
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"In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace."
Ben Hecht
"In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace."
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"And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction."
Lester B. Pearson
"And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction."
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"It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world."
Arthur Henderson
"It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world."
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"Rhage exhaled slowly, air easing out of his nose. As he sank into his skin, he reveled in the perfection of peace. The heavenly silence. The great roaring absence."
J.R. Ward
"Rhage exhaled slowly, air easing out of his nose. As he sank into his skin, he reveled in the perfection of peace. The heavenly silence. The great roaring absence."
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"The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies."
Lester B. Pearson
"The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies."
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"We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace."
Paul Hoffman
"We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace."
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"Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?"
Horst Koehler
"Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?"
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"Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew."
John Greenleaf Whittier
"Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew."
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"Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace."
River Phoenix
"Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace."
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"Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights."
George B. McClellan
"Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights."
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"Appreciations promote inner peace."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Appreciations promote inner peace."
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"I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies."
Black Kettle
"I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies."
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"You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory."
J. Donald Walters
"You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory."
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"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed."
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