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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order. – Arthur Henderson

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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. – Albert Schweitzer

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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes. – James Buchan

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My different personalities leave me in peace now. – Anna Freud

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