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" I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. "

Ulysses S. Grant

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" Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must. "

" Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. "

" Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. "

Georg C. Lichtenberg

" Every human longs for peace and love. "

" You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. "

Henry Kissinger

" One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. "

" The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability; work with the body, fatigue - and peace of mind. "

Henry Williamson

" My passion stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can live together creatively rather than violently. "

" I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again. "

Ulysses S. Grant

" In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know? "

" We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

" Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. "

Saint Francis de Sales

" While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. "

Francis of Assisi

" The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights. "

Charles Spurgeon

" All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice. "

Josephine Baker

" There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace. "

Martin McGuinness

" I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace. "

" We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken. "

" The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. "

" Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm. "

" I believe it is peace in our time. "

Neville Chamberlain

" Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. "

" If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. "

" Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. "

" People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. "

" Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. "

William Hazlitt

" Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to 'speak truth to power' to Robert Mugabe. "

" No matter how happy and peaceful you can be at a certain time, you always have this - at least, I do - paranoia or catastrophic thought that even now that I have all this peace and quiet, what's the next challenge? What's coming next? On a very human level, I think most people can identify with that. "

" The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. "

Benjamin Disraeli