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" Laws are the terms by which independent and isolated men united to form a society, once they tired of living in a perpetual state of war where the enjoyment of liberty was rendered useless by the uncertainty of its preservation. They sacrificed a portion of this liberty so that they could enjoy the remainder in security and peace. "

Cesare Beccaria

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" Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to peace and order because they live comparatively better and may be the losers in civil disturbances. "

" The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things. "

" The price of peace is righteousness. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" To secure peace is to prepare for war. "

" If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name. "

" The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load. "

" I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am. "

" A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. "

" Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew. "

John Greenleaf Whittier

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" There's competition at every phase of your life. The day we start thinking about it, you lose your peace of mind. I don't compete with anyone. "

" We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. "

" Justice is one of the core elements towards reconciliation and sustainable peace. "

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

" I think that American women are further along than any other women in the world. But you can't have peace in a world in which some women or some men or some nations are at different stages of development. There is so much work to be done. "

" Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within. "

" Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. "

" It is the task of theologians to establish the limits of justice and injustice regarding the intrinsic goodness or wickedness of an act; it is the task of the observer of public life to establish the relationships of political justice and injustice, that is, of what is useful or harmful to society. "

" 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. "

" If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end. "

" We do not want riches, we want peace and love. "

" When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace. "

" Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace. "

" Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. "

George Bernard Shaw

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Only

" 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. "

" Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God. "