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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometime

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. – Andrew Jackson

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The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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Andrew Jackson
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Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. – Andrew Jackson

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Fear
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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. – Rene Cassin

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Peace

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace. – Arthur Henderson

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Peace

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraqs weapons of mass destruction program. – William J. Clinton

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There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. – Louis Farrakhan

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She was what we used to call a suicide blond — dyed by her own hand. – Saul Bellow

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