To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empi

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. – Tacitus

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Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! – Daniel Boone

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He wants only to rest and to have a little peace. – Luciano Pavarotti

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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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