Quote by Graham Greene
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of demo

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! – Graham Greene

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We mustnt complain too much of being comedians — its an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed — thats all. We are bad comedians, we arent bad men. – Graham Greene

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Comedy
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People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another persons habitual misery. – Graham Greene

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Courage
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. – Graham Greene

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Trust
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Peace
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The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify. – Elihu Root

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Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles. – David O. McKay

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

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Peace

I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Peace

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A tradition without intelligence is not worth having. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nations challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda. – Ron Fournier

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Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath. – Arnold H. Glasow

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You ask any moviemaker what their favorite movie experience was, and theyll say it was one of the first ones, where everyone had to pitch in and do everything together, and you had to struggle. – Robert Rodriguez

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