People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. Theyre also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time. – Hamid Karzai
Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? Its very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. – Benjamin Netanyahu
I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace. – Edward Lear
The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. – Natan Sharansky
The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. – W. Somerset Maugham
