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  The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Sight

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• You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  War, Women, Memorable

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• We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Being Strong, Thinking

  "Gandhi on Non-Violence".

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• We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Negative, Affirmation

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• A people free to choose will always choose peace.

  Ronald Reagan

  War, People, Anti War

  Moscow State University Address, delivered 31 May 1988, Moscow, Russia

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• Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

  Carl Sandburg

  War, Giving, Conflict

  The People, Yes pt. 23 (1936). The popular form of this expression was crystallized when Charlotte Keyes published an article titled "Suppose They Gave a War and No One Came?" in McCall's, Oct. 1966.

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• We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

  Ramsay MacDonald

  War, Ubuntu, Able

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  The most violent element in society is ignorance.

  Emma Goldman

  Educational, Book, Ignorance

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.33, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Creativity, Positivity

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.133, Beacon Press

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• Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

  David Baldacci

  Nice, Book, People

  David Baldacci (2009). “The Camel Club”, p.304, Pan Macmillan

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• The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Doe, Opponents

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• Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

  Herbert Hoover

  Death, War, Hippie

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• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Kings, Freedom

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

  Agatha Christie

  War, Winning, Feelings

  Autobiography (1977) pt. 10

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• The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Country, Kindness, Patriotic

  "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh edited and translated by Shoghi Effendi, 1935.

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• Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

  Laini Taylor

  Respect, War, Healing

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• I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

  Mother Teresa

  War, Said, Demonstration

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  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

  Richard Grenier

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

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• A Course In Miracles is a constant affirmation that you are created by an unconditional thought of love that appears to have lost itself in a world of fear. Freedom, joy and peace of mind are yours again, when you remember and re-connect to your unconditional self.

  Robert Holden

  Self, Joy, Miracle

  Robert Holden (2011). “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast”, p.22, Hay House, Inc

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• At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.

  John Dryden

  Party, Home, Names

  John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). “Dryden: Selected Poems”, p.31, Pearson Education

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• I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

  George McGovern

  Dream, Military, War

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspirational, Women, Teaching

  Marian Wright Edelman (1987). “Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change”, p.107, Harvard University Press

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• If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Differences, Diversity, Safety

  1963 Speech, American University, Washington DC, 10 Jun.

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• If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.

  Toni Morrison

  Ties, Diversity, Social Justice

  FaceBook post by Toni Morrison from Oct 31, 2011

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• Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

  Elie Wiesel

  Remember, Mankind, Creatures

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