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17188 quotes by 6763 authors
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He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
— Albert Einstein
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Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a…
— Oscar Arias
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We must apply our humble efforts to the construction of a more just and humane world. And I want to declare emphatically: Such a world…
— Adolfo Perez Esquivel
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Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot…
— Annie Lennox
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Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect…
— Rigoberta Menchu
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We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War…
— Rigoberta Menchu
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Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a start, he has…
— Robert Graves
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It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.
— Paul Claudel
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Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.
— Herbert Hoover
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Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately,…
— Mao Zedong
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It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the…
— Albert Einstein
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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
— William Allen White
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Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.
— Isaac Asimov
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If you go to the city of Washington, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of congress, and…
— Eugene V. Debs
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Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam…
— Olive Schreiner
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We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
— Max Lerner
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Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of a void, but out of chaos; the materials must in the first…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
— Harriet Lerner
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