#peace

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#disarmament #does #fifty #follow #follows

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ↗

— Melody Beattie

#creates #gratitude #makes #our #past

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#between #cannot #dividing #lines #make

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#absence #benevolence #confidence #disposition #justice

You cannot run away from the truth because truth will find you. ↗

— ColoZeus Benz

#love-peace #running-away-from-problems #truth #truth-of-life #love

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#because #dollar #follow #interest #lead

By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world. ↗

— James Forrestal

#build #country #economic #foundations #leadership

There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#america #been #before #currently #dealt

Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#also #certain #confusion #creative #effective

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#east #jeopardizing #middle #middle east #peace