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We have faith that future generations will know that here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite, and produce, and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance, and intolerance, and slavery, and war. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#world-war-ii #faith

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#blame #freeze #heart #much #out

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#amazing #arts #create #enough #food

Allthough that doesn't happen often lately, I like to read exciting thrillers and those kinky magazines. ↗

— Jonathan Brandis

#happen #i #kinky #lately #like

I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more. ↗

— Richard Branson

#end #financial #financial resources #had #i

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#accord #does #equality #formally #however

Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#create #difficult #difficult task #however #interests

I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#after #ambassador #back #come #concerns

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#either #had #i #ministers #new

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#else #expect #good #here #know