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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. – Benjamin Disraeli

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But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The question is this — Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Because I know about the Holy Land, Ive taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you cant bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well. – Jimmy Carter

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Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. – Martin Amis

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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first. – William Glasser

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