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" Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. "

Reinhold Niebuhr

Venture

War

Peace

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" I have learned that being a politician is not an easy job. My father was trying to make progress in the peace treaty with the Soviet Union. At that time, he was suffering from last-stage cancer, but he visited Moscow in the bitter cold. I learned from my father that you may have to risk your own life to make such a historic accomplishment. "

" 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. "

" Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. "

" My father told me about American democracy. And he said you have to be actively engaged in the political process to make our democracy work. So I've been doing that my entire life. Civil rights movement. The peace movement during the Vietnam conflict. The movement to get an apology and redress for Japanese-Americans. "

" Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. "

Marcus Aurelius

Man

Find

" Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles. "

" Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace. "

" In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. "

" As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. "

" The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. "

" I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease. "

" A conqueror is always a lover of peace. "

" Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity. "

Maximillian Degenerez

Peace

Humble

Humanity

" The pageant movie I'm obsessed with is 'Miss Congeniality', hands down! I could quote everything from that movie. I love so many scenes, but I always find myself quoting the scene when Sandra Bullock goes, 'I really do just want world peace!' "

" Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. "

" When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. "

" There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind. "

" We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war. "

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Believe

War

" The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. "

" 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. "

" I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind. "

" A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. "

" We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. "

" Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread. "

" 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

Time

Trust

" You don't kill your way to peace. "

" When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it? "

" There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. "

" 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. "