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There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.

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To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

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Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

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And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the great Disposer of events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling-place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.

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Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'

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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.

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Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues.

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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

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I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

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Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy

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The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

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I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

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This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

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I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity.

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In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

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