Needs Quotes

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Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the all out struggle… — Pope John Paul II
We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know,… — Madeleine L'Engle
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind. To do so… — Wangari Maathai
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. — Bayard Rustin
You measure a government by how few people need help. — Patricia Schroeder
So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem… — John F. Kennedy
Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we… — Joanna Macy
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when… — Dalai Lama
Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions. — Benazir Bhutto
We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require… — Scilla Elworthy
The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all. — Irene Khan
Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can… — Elie Wiesel
Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need not… — John Cage
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The more successful a political party, the more winning its ways, the less of its time is spent casting about for policy or determining it… — Dalton Camp
The agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order. — Bernard Crick
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a… — Thomas Jefferson
Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if… — Bruce Schneier
We need a new kind of citizenship, so that we can see citizens as themselves earning the rank of patriot because of their involvement in… — Paul Wellstone

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