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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know 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."
War leads to peace.
[Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
War leads to peace.
[Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?
One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]
The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.
The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.
Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
