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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct. ↗

— Elihu Root

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It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others. ↗

— Elihu Root

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The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two. ↗

— Tony Snow

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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. ↗

— Carlos Santana

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I just want to live in peace and quiet. ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

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But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

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We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to cross-Strait peaceful and stable dialogue and negotiations. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life. ↗

— Webb Simpson

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