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The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of read more
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, read more
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.
Peace is no more than a dream as long as we need the comfort of the clan.
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all read more
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
Peace is our gift to each other.
Peace is our gift to each other.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward read more
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably read more
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if
we can, forcibly if we must."
I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war read more
I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war termed a mistake that he was dead.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
