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Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict – alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. – Dorothy Thompson

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Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy. – Dorothy Thompson

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The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld. – Dorothy Thompson

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Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism. – Dorothy Thompson

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Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. – Dmitri Mendeleev

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Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference. – Yitzhak Rabin

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If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. – Henry Miller

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Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But its doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who dont have money need some help. – Kid Rock

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