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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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Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace.

Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace.

by Adolf Hitler Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

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Peace originates with the flow of things — its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The read more

Peace originates with the flow of things — its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.

by Morihei Uyeshiba Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

by John Dryden Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

by Adlai Ewing Stevenson Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of read more

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

by U Thant Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as read more

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Peace Quotes,
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: Peace Quotes,
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We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more

We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.

by Pete Seeger Found in: Peace Quotes,
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