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"The churchman Beilby Porteus said, 'War its thousands slays, peace its ten thousands." Then there is the classic, 'They made a desert and called it peace." And, of course, it always pays to beware the talker about peace - the mere talker about peace."
— May 12, 2017 10:15PM
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Kmgreen
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"When people debate whether their country should go to war, they are divided into 'pro-war' and 'anti-war' camps (and we speak here of democratic countries, because, in non-democratic countries, there is no real debate).
— May 12, 2017 10:06PM
Kmgreen
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"Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy." - from T. R. Roosevelt's acceptance speech
— May 09, 2017 09:42PM
Kmgreen
is on page 67 of 476
"Her lecture- given in April 1906- was titled 'The Evolution of the Peace Movement.' That word 'evolution' is meaningful. Like so many of her contemporaries, Sutter was fired by Darwin's theory and its application to the affairs of humanity." - quote about the first female Nobel Peace laureate
— May 08, 2017 08:32PM
Kmgreen
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"Peace, one learns, is not a field for small egos."
— May 08, 2017 08:25PM
Kmgreen
is on page 5 of 476
"The point to make is, every award was given in. earnest, at the time" (p. 5).
— May 03, 2017 09:42PM
