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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
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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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. – Ambrose Bierce

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Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What theyre trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think thats, thats wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! – Honore de Balzac

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Im not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize! – Omar Bongo

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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time. – E. W. Howe

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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai Stevenson

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Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them. – Ernst Toller

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