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The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, a

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. – Lester B. Pearson

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I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement. – Robert Mugabe

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By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail. – Natan Sharansky

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We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why dont we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion – as everyday work. – Dennis Kucinich

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Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent. – David Herbert Lawrence

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