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An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it. – John Paul Jones

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I feel that my fathers greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything. – Caroline Kennedy

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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

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When you make your peace with authority, you become authority. – Jim Morrison

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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. – Theodore Roosevelt

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