Quotes with peace-keeping

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  • George Bernard Shaw It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • John F. Kennedy It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • 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.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • André Gide It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Georges Clemenceau It is far easier to make war than to make peace.
    Georges Clemenceau
    French physician and politician (1841 - 1929)
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  • Thomas à Kempis It is no little wisdom for a man to keep himself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to him, and to turn his heart to God and not to be troubled with man's judgment.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Aneurin Bevan It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Alan Cohen It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • James Baldwin It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Oscar Wilde It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Woodrow Wilson It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Assata Shakur It never occurred to me that anyone would name a nuclear missile Peacekeeper. It never occurred to me that thousands of people would be killed in the name of peace-keeping.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Rosa Parks It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • John F. Kennedy It takes two to make peace.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Anna Akhmatova It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
    Anna Akhmatova
    Russian poet (1889 - 1966)
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  • Bethany Hamilton It was Jesus who gave me peace when the shark severed my arm. I trust in Jesus whenever I'm going through a hard time. I see all the beautiful things that have come out of my situation. I'm able to share my story with young girls who have few role models, and I can help others cope with what they have been through.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Arianna Huffington It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force them to suppress their specifically female characteristics and abilities by keeping up the pretense that there are no differences between the sexes.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Bethany Hamilton It's easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit our lives to Christ, His grace, mercy, peace and love will bring true fulfillment to our lives.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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