Quote by Gertrude Stein
In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace ti

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. – Gertrude Stein

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It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger. – Gertrude Stein

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It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son. – Gertrude Stein

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As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible. – Richard M. Nixon

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A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. – Yitzhak Rabin

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I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. – Muhammad Ali

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Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time. – Deepak Chopra

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Well, if this is poetry, Im certainly never going to write any myself. – James Schuyler

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This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims. – Matthew Arnold

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The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours. – Arthur Lacey

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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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