936 private quotes tagged peace

“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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“I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the great democratic sections of our population.” — Paul Robeson

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“Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?” — Lorraine Hansberry

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“We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.” — King Abdullah II

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“Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.” — Thomas a Kempis

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“You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire.” — Larry Brown

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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 Rawat

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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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“I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.” — Jane Fonda

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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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“Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.” — Isabelle Adjani

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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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“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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“I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.” — Paloma Picasso

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“In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.” — Theodore Bikel

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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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“Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.” — Alan Dershowitz

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“Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.” — Brendan Fraser

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“Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.” — Gil Scott-Heron

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“When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.” — Greg Kinnear

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“Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.” — Alcee Hastings

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“I am a peace supporting Jew.” — Alan Dershowitz

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“Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.” — Novak Djokovic

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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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“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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