- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peace Quotes
A little calm goes a long way.
One line looks back at a novel's portrait of a connected, peaceful society, another recalls research pursued away from wartime disruption. For reflective verse in the same spirit, browse our Poems.
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- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and '87.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means making sure that President Assad does not use chemical weapons on his own people.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our commitment to Afghanistan is a long-term one. We put a huge amount of resources into trying to make sure there is peace in that country, a huge amount of development assistance, a huge amount of political support for the government.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
- Nov 07, 2020
Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.
- Fragile
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.
- His
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- Nov 07, 2020