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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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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Freedom
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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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Peace
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Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind. – George Grosz

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Peace

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? Its very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Peace

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! – Muammar al-Gaddafi

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Peace

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. – Janet Evanovich

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Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and Ill tell you their philosophy of life. – Dale Carnegie

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Philosophy

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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The Jews greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! Were a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. – Shimon Peres

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History