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Kids can't see us bombing, and then listen to us _x000D_ _x000D_ talking about getting guns out of the schools. _x000D_ _x000D_ How can we tell them to solve problems without violence, _x000D_ _x000D_ if, in fact, we can't show an ability to solve problems _x000D_ _x000D_ without violence?
Barbara LeeRead
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James A. BaldwinRead
The wars don't end when you sign peace treaties or when the years go by. They will echo on until I'm gone and all the widows and orphans are gone.
Tim O'BrienRead
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
Rachel CarsonRead
I've made peace with the fact that the World Cup will not define me. Yes, it would be nice to add that to what's been a very enjoyable career, but I know it won't define me as a person or cricketer.
Ab De VilliersRead
I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments.
James F. ByrnesRead
Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
Rollo MayRead
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
Joseph HellerRead
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother TeresaRead
When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."
Martin LutherRead
You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.
Mahatma GandhiRead
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.
Meister EckhartRead
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
PetrarchRead
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Abraham LincolnRead
I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
Marcus Tullius CiceroRead
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma GandhiRead
We need... to say to people that this is a temporary residential status, and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained.
Angela MerkelRead
We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves. Encountering those problems, anger develops and overwhelms our mind, which leads to violence. A good way to counter this and to work for a more peaceful world is to develop concern for others. Then our anger, jealousy and other destructive emotions will naturally weaken and diminish.
Dalai LamaRead
Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.
Guru NanakRead

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