A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been. – Victor Hugo
Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others. – Daisaku Ikeda
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The thing people dont understand is that touring or travelling or whatever you do in my position means you go to all these cool places all over the world, but you see everything from a car window. You dont get to see much of the city or meet people at all. – Taylor Momsen
My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more. – Lois Capps
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and with malice toward none and charity for all go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail. – Henry A. Wallace
