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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would n

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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Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka. – James Buchan

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War
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The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. – James Buchan

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History
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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think theyre fine fellows and dont need to explain themselves. – James Buchan

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Money
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A bad peace is even worse than war. – Tacitus

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Peace

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. – Benjamin Franklin

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Peace

I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. – Frank B. Kellogg

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Peace

This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world theyll be peace. – Olga Korbut

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Peace

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There is no royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art. – Anthony Trollope

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Learning

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. – Heinrich Heine

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When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver. – Joe Theismann

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I know youve heard it a thousand times before. But its true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you dont love something, then dont do it. – Ray Bradbury

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good