"We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature."
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"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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""Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.""
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"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
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"The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis."
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"Music can change the world."
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"Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is."
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"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."
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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
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"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher."
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"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
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"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."
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"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."
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"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice."
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"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
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"Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party."
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"The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government."
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"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
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