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As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace? ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger. ↗

— Heraclitus

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. ↗

— Herodotus

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Every human longs for peace and love. ↗