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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time,

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – Thomas Paine

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act. – Yitzhak Rabin

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Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew. – John Greenleaf Whittier

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. – Herodotus

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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad

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