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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we de

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. – George Washington

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington

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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellows viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. – Harry S. Truman

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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender. – Abba Eban

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace. – Prem Rawat

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