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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, read more
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed read more
President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed by an extremist Hindu
at Cleveland City Club..
(to which could be added:
Many American soldiers have been killed by extremist Christians).
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.
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 you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
To get Peace you must work for Justice.
To get Peace you must work for Justice.
A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]
A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
