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We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with read more
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with its rays of peace.
Nor is heaven always at peace.
[Lat., Nec sidera pacem
Semper habent.]
Nor is heaven always at peace.
[Lat., Nec sidera pacem
Semper habent.]
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa.
In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus.
In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus.
But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness read more
But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.
All we are saying is give peace a chance. -John Lennon.
All we are saying is give peace a chance. -John Lennon.
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.
