936 private quotes tagged peace

“The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.” — Zinedine Zidane

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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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“Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.” — John Andrew Holmes

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“Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.” — Natan Sharansky

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“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.” — King Abdullah II

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“The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.” — Bill Walton

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“As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.” — Dan Lipinski

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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

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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.” — Corazon Aquino

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“Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.” — Frank B. Kellogg

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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

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“My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.” — Studs Terkel

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“I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.” — Pope Benedict XVI

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“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.” — Julien Benda

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“After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside.” — John James Audubon

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“The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.” — Silvia Cartwright

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“Most fear stems from sin to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.” — Marvin Gaye

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“Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth let a people loving freedom come to growth.” — Margaret Walker

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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

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“Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.” — Meir Kahane

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“I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: I'd hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy.” — Anne Lamott

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“There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home.” — Harry Connick, Jr.

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“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.” — Gaston Bachelard

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“It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that.” — Diane Kruger

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