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Quote by Baruch Spinoza
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. – Baruch Spinoza

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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

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One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. – Baruch Spinoza

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

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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. – Dwight Eisenhower

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Let him who desires peace prepare for war. – Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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I was very active in the peace movement, still am. – Margot Kidder

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