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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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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. – Ambrose Bierce

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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Prescription: A physicians guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. – Ambrose Bierce

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It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East. – King Hussein I

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I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home. – Brooke Burke

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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley

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United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while theyre trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. – Richard Holbrooke

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