Quote by James Buchan
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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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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History
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To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, youre better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature – and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century. – James Buchan

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Nature
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Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing. – James Buchan

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The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development. – Francois Hollande

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Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I dont know if I would wish for world peace. – Brendan Fraser

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I fought for peace in the fifties. – Pete Seeger

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The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. – Ludwig von Mises

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