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Peaceful Quotes by George Washington
- What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president.…
- For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the…
- I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement,…
- In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to…
- My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of…
More Peaceful Quotes
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to… — Robert Ballard
- I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful. — Roseanne Barr
- Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand… — Felix Adler
- Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to… — Maeve Binchy
- In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible… — Harry Browne
- I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy. — Abdallah II
- We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and… — George H. W. Bush
- Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction. — George W. Bush
- I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi