Quote by Nelson Mandela
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. – Nelson Mandela

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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. – Nelson Mandela

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Society
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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. – Nelson Mandela

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Power to the peaceful! – Michael Franti

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Peace

I dont think theres anything more important than making peace before its too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent. – Jane Fonda

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Peace

But now Americans, they felt a sense of peace and protection because theyve been separated by so many thousands of miles of ocean. And you know, the fact that its come to the U.S. like this is so sad, and yet you know, what can you do? Its here. – Patty Hearst

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Peace

We need new partnerships for peace and security. – Anna Lindh

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When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but my faculties are decaying, now, & soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the latter. It is sad to go to pieces like this, but we all have to do it. – Mark Twain [Also, “When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had

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