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" No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war. "

Calvin Coolidge

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" A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. "

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" What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization. "

" The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist. "

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" The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. "

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" Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too. "

" 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. "

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" Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind. "

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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. "

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

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" Jerusalem is not just a beautiful city: the challenge is to show that Jerusalem can be shared in peace and respect. "

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" Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. "

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" Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. "

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