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Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between t

Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. – Ambrose Bierce

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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. – Ambrose Bierce

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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. – Ambrose Bierce

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I wont undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. – Francois Rabelais

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Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. – Eugene ONeill

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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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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace. – Garrett Morris

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