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(my) Heros, thoughts on peace
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
Daniel Boone
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We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle
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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. Baruch Spinoza |
| We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace? J. Ramsay MacDonald |
| War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. John F. Kennedy |
Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
Oscar Romero
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| The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. Joan Baez |
| And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight. John Lennon |
| It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt |
| I do not want the peace which passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. Helen Keller |
| There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace. Woodrow Wilson |
| Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. Thomas Jefferson |
| The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists. William J. Clinton |
| If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Peace is more precious than a piece of land. Anwar Sadat
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| Our goal must not be peace in our time but peace for all time. Harry S. Truman |
If we are to reach real peace in the world we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won't have to struggle; we won't have to pass fruitless ideal resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which consciously or unconsciously the whole world is hungering. Gandhi
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"There never was a good war or a bad peace". Benjamin Franklin
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A culture of peace will be achieved when citizens of the world understand global problems, have the skills to resolve conflicts and struggle for justice non-violently, live by international standards of human rights and equity, appreciate cultural diversity, and respect the Earth and each other. Such learning can only be achieved with systematic education for peace.
Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaining for Peace Education |
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix
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| Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one. John Lennon |
| The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. The Dalai Lama |
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