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Peace Quotes
"The companion of patience is silence."
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"That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two."
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"Churchill knew the importance of peace, and he also knew the price of it. Churchill finally got his voice, of course. He stressed strategy, but it was his voice that armed England at last with the old-fashioned moral concepts of honor and duty, justice and mercy."
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"I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders."
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"Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well."
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"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars."
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"I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war."
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"You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria."
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"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice."
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"If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education."
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"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."
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"To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone."
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"For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance."
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"For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom."
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"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."
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"Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character."
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"I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace."
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"We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace."
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"As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?"
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"The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it."
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"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace."
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"The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war."
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"Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms."
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"Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction."
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"The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation."
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"We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace."
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