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    Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.

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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one read more

There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

by Woodrow T. Wilson Found in: Peace Quotes,
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Peace Quotes,
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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.

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Peace Quotes,
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The dead could not speak against the
war from Vietnam.
Who to speak for them if not Kerry?

The dead could not speak against the
war from Vietnam.
Who to speak for them if not Kerry?

by Joe Finan Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our read more

Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.

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I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet
you do not hear the screams or read more

I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet
you do not hear the screams or smell the blood or see
those without limbs or eyes. It was not til I read
Hersey's Hiroshima that I realized what bomber pilots do.

by Howard Zinn Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Right human relations is the only true peace.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

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A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

by Gersonides Found in: Peace Quotes,
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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he read more

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work our differences.

by Harry S. Truman Found in: Peace Quotes,
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