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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes. – James Buchan

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Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting. – James Buchan

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Change
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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. – James Buchan

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Future
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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science – steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains – none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last centurys attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. – James Buchan

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Science
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Peace
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I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace. – Frank B. Kellogg

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Peace

In time of peace prepare for war. – Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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Peace

I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. – Isabel Allende

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Peace

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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Peace

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I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich. – Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” M*A*S*H

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I dont watch reality TV. Im cool. – Dave Attell

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cool

The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. – Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

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Determination