Quote by Vera Brittain
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All that a pacifist can undertake — but it is a very great deal — is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate. – Vera Brittain

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I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. – Vera Brittain

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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see. – Vera Brittain

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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. – Marvin Gaye

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I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours. – Gunter Grass

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Im at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so theres really nothing else that I worry about. – Lance Bass

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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. – Benazir Bhutto

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