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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

by Dwight D. Eisenhower Found in: Peace Quotes,
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I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

by Georges Clemenceau Found in: Peace Quotes,
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The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace read more

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

by Unesco Found in: Peace Quotes,
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One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

by David Borenstein Found in: Peace Quotes,
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

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Peace hath higher tests of manhood Than battle ever knew.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood Than battle ever knew.

by John Greenleaf Whittier Found in: Peace Quotes,
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The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for read more

The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.

by Samuel Butler 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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