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United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.
– Richard Holbrooke
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Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
– Natan Sharansky
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Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.
– Venus Williams
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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
– Gerrit Smith
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True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions.
– Lester B. Pearson
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Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.
– Richard Cobden
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Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.
– Ron Silver
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Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.
– Sheila Jackson Lee
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
– Natan Sharansky
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To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.
– Pauline Hanson
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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
– Milan Kundera
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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
– Karl Von Clausewitz
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
– Cornelius Tacitus
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To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.
– George Ade
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To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.
– Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace.
– Paul Robeson
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
– John F. Kennedy
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Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war.
– Thor Heyerdahl
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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
– William Hazlitt
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This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
– Olga Korbut
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This film 'Hero' talks about the peace of Chinese people.
– Jet Li
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They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
– Georg Buchner
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They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.
– Brigitte Bardot
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These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.
– Frank B. Kellogg
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread otherwise there will be no peace.
– Norman Borlaug
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There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.
– Louis Farrakhan
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There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.
– Sherilyn Fenn
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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.
– Elihu Root
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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
– Douglas William Jerrold
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
– A. J. P. Taylor
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There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.
– Kelly Clarkson
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There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
– Ugo Betti
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There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.
– Frank B. Kellogg
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There can be no vulnerability without risk there can be no community without vulnerability there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
– M. Scott Peck
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
– Titus Livius
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There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.
– Mike Love
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There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.
– Helen Thomas
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Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it.
– Alanis Morissette
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The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
– John F. Kennedy
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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
– Samuel Smiles
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The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.
– Cat Stevens
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The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.
– Carlos Salinas
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The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.
– Michael Mandelbaum
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The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.
– Francois Hollande
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The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.
– Anna Lindh
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The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.
– Gustav Heinemann
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The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.
– Tony Blair
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The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance.
– Ahmed Yassin
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The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality.
– Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
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The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is...I want to win a Nobel Peace prize.
– Marco Rubio
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The purpose of all war is peace.
– Augustine of Hippo
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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.
– Ludwig Quidde
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The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics.
– Elihu Root
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The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.
– Walter Ulbricht
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The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.
– Jonathan Sacks
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The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.
– Sargent Shriver
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The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.
– Sargent Shriver
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The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.
– Solomon Ortiz
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The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail.
– Benjamin Netanyahu
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
– Warren Christopher
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The only peace is being out of earshot.
– Mason Cooley
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
– Natan Sharansky
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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
– Zinedine Zidane
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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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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
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The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it.
– Jim Harrison
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The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.
– Aung San Suu Kyi
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The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all and for that I am especially grateful.
– George Wald
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The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.
– John Bolton
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The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.
– Mohamed ElBaradei
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The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.
– Hillary Clinton
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The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition that's how we bring peace.
– Rob Bell
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
– Carlos Santana
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
– Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
– Desmond Tutu
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The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.
– Elihu Root
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
– Jawaharlal Nehru
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The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.
– Elihu Root
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The lessons from the peace process are clear whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
– Queen Elizabeth II
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
– Charles De Secondat
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
– Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
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The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.
– Chuck Hagel
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The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.
– Shimon Peres
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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
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The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
– Michael Jordan
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The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.
– Gustav Heinemann
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
– Ted Rall
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The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.
– John Bruton
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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
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The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
– Lester B. Pearson
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
– Natan Sharansky
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The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.
– Tony Snow
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The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, full-blown mutual flourishing, and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction, personal adoration, and moral admiration that is hard to find.
– Cornel West
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.
– Conrad Black
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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
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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.
– Shimon Peres
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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
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
– Mos Def
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Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?
– Lorraine Hansberry
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Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.
– Condoleezza Rice
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