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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the oc

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. – Gerrit Smith

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It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. – Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. – Gerrit Smith

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Peace
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Gerrit Smith
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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 oclock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. – Gerrit Smith

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Morning
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Gerrit Smith
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The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him. – Gerrit Smith

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Marriage
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We need new partnerships for peace and security. – Anna Lindh

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One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods – that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. – Anna Lindh

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Peace

Every day Ive got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know – the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so youd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Peace

Weve got to win this battle, and we will. We have to win the peace. – Al DAmato

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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must – must – redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. – Donald Berwick

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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace. – Milan Kundera

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Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. – Richard Bach

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