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God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national soil, as well as the questions of the occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories. These are the bases on which peace will be built.
– King Hussein
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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
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It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East.
– King Hussein
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The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.
– King Hussein
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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
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We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.
– King Hussein
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We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.
– King Hussein
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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
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Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.
– King Hussein
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The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
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Every human longs for peace and love.
– Hiawatha
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Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge.
– Hiawatha
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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
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You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.
– Gordie Howe
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I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.
– Cheryl James
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
– Yahya Jammeh
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
– Yahya Jammeh
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Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
– Gerald Jampolsky
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Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.
– Gerald Jampolsky
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Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.
– Gerald Jampolsky
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We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man, than war is destructive to his body. Chains are worse than bayonets.
– Douglas William Jerrold
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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.
– Hamid Karzai
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
– Helen Keller
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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
– John F. Kennedy
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The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
– Nikita Khrushchev
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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.
– Dennis Kucinich
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
– Aung San Suu Kyi
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May there always be peace, love and happiness in every house.
– Islom Karimov
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Peace is the first thing the angels sang.
– John Keble
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
– Abraham Kuyper
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
– Fran Lebowitz
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All we are saying is give peace a chance.
– John Lennon
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Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
– John Lennon
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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
– John Lennon
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If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
– John Lennon
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Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
– John Lennon
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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
– John Lennon
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
– Max Lerner
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God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
– C. S. Lewis
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
– Abraham Lincoln
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You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.
– David Lloyd
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Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.
– Christopher Love
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When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
– John Lubbock
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I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.
– Edward Lear
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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.
– Maurice Maeterlinck
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I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.
– Tobey Maguire
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
– David Mamet
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
– Nelson Mandela
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
– Karl Marx
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
– Abraham Maslow
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Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.
– John McCain
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The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.
– John McCarthy
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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.
– Phyllis McGinley
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Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
– Thomas Merton
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It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.
– Debra Messing
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You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
– George Michael
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If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
– Henry Miller
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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.
– Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.
– James Montgomery
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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
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In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God.
– Sun Myung Moon
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When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
– Jim Morrison
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Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.
– Pervez Musharraf
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Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
– Benito Mussolini
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Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.
– Sydney Madwed
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Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.
– Kent Nerburn
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I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
– Benjamin Netanyahu
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If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.
– Alex Noble
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Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.
– Eugene O'Neill
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
– Ovid
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
– Thomas Paine
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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
– Norman Vincent Peale
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
– Francesco Petrarch
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Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.
– River Phoenix
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There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?
– Peace Pilgrim
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To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.
– Peace Pilgrim
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When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
– Peace Pilgrim
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A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.
– Yitzhak Rabin
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I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
– Yitzhak Rabin
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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
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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
– Yitzhak Rabin
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
– Yitzhak Rabin
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
– Ronald Reagan
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I declare that I will establish peace in this world.
– Prem Rawal
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That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.
– Prem Rawal
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The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.
– Prem Rawal
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As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
– Paul Robeson
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
– Mother Teresa
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Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
– Mother Teresa
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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
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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
– Paul Theroux
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
– Harry S. Truman
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A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
– Martin Fraquhar Tupper
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
– U. Thant
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Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
– Dorothy Thompson
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The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.
– Morihei Ueshiba
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There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.
– Morihei Ueshiba
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When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.
– Morihei Ueshiba
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