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I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.
Edward Lear
Peace
People
Babies
Other
Distressed
Eaten
Had
Died
Door
Fiddle
Much
Next
Next Door
Who
Twin
Twins
Played
Violin
So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.
Edward Luck
Peace
Rights
Strong
Gone
Human Rights
Out
Security
Through
Well
Always
Issues
Years
Reform
Human
Interest
Working
Many
Peacekeeping
Things
Humanitarian
We want peace, but not at any price.
Ehud Barak
Peace
Price
Any
Want
I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel.
Ehud Barak
Hope
Government
Peace
Will
Framework
No Choice
Maintain
Understand
Israel
Any
Egypt
Which
Formed
Choice
International
Include
Agreement
Agreements
Peace is important for Israel.
Ehud Olmert
Peace
Important
Israel
When I addressed international forums as prime minister, the Israeli people expected me to present bold political initiatives that would bring peace - not arguments outlining why achieving peace now is not possible.
Ehud Olmert
Me
Peace
People
Political
Argument
Possible
Minister
Would
Outlining
Prime
Prime Minister
Israeli
Expected
Achieving
Forum
International
Bold
Initiatives
Now
Why
Present
Bring
The enemies of peace have not disappeared.
Ehud Olmert
Peace
Enemies
Disappeared
Already at the time of Israel's birth, Ben-Gurion extended his hand in peace to the Arab nations. His hand was rejected, but it remains extended.
Ehud Olmert
Time
Peace
Birth
Arab
Remains
Israel
His
Hand
Nations
Extended
Rejected
Yasser Arafat never wanted to make peace with Israel.
Ehud Olmert
Peace
Arafat
Never
Make
Israel
Wanted
As a young politician, I voted against the return of Sinai and peace with Egypt. I was mistaken.
Ehud Olmert
Peace
Young
Politician
Voted
Mistaken
Return
Egypt
Against
The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace.
Ehud Olmert
Work
Peace
King
Hussein
Inspiration
Begin
Stand
Who
As one of the participants in the Aqaba summit, I can testify that Israel fully expected the Palestinian Authority's newly reorganized and trained security agencies to take harsh action against the rejectionists who sought to wreck the peace process.
Ehud Olmert
Peace
Action
Summit
Harsh
Security
Wreck
Take
Participants
Sought
Israel
Testify
Trained
Expected
Authority
Process
Newly
Against
Agencies
Who
Fully
Peace Process
Palestinian
All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.
Eisaku Sato
War
Peace
People
World
Progress
Prosperity
Made
World Peace
Promote
Through
Since
Am
Years
Contributing
Efforts
Japanese
Japanese People
Mankind
Convinced
Strenuous
World War
World War II
Preserve
When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers.
Elaine Chao
Peace
Men
First
Congress
Assumed
Corps
Would
Would-Be
Some
Only
Proposed
Volunteers
Peace Corps
The work of these women doesn't end when they return home from overseas, as one goal of the Peace Corps' mission is to help promote a better understanding of other cultures here in the United States.
Elaine Chao
Work
Home
Peace
Women
Better
Understanding
Other
Corps
States
Promote
Better Understanding
Mission
Return
Return Home
Goal
Overseas
Cultures
End
Help
Peace Corps
United
United States
Here
As much as football can cause war, it can also cause peace. Football is a kind of Geiger counter of civilisation, or a catalyst for good as well as bad.
Elfriede Jelinek
War
Good
Peace
Cause
Kind
Bad
Civilisation
Counter
Football
Catalyst
Also
Well
Much
I support peace.
Eli Yishai
Peace
Support
I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
Elia Kazan
Peace
Value
Price
Bought
Fundamental
I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine.
Elie Wiesel
Peace
Living
State
Would
See
Alongside
Like
Real
Israel
Peacefully
Palestine
It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war.
Elihu Root
War
Peace
People
Enthusiasm
Every
Nerve
See
Uncommon
Over
Wrongs
Real
Governments
Times
Modern
Represent
Patriotic
Modern Times
Fancied
Them
Urging
Forward
Resentment
Keep
Whom
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
Elihu Root
War
Peace
Long
Become
Community
Every
Case
General
Habit
Habits
Observed
Continue
Conduct
Form
Gain
Standards
Helps
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others.
Elihu Root
Government
Great
Peace
Rights
People
Important
Nation
Owes
Nothing
Living
Others
Secure
Constitutional
Constitutional Government
More
Mass
Conception
Than
Duties
Just
Which
Against
Among
Preservation
The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.
Elihu Root
Savage
War
Nature
Man
Peace
Side
Consists
Lies
Promoting
Civilized
Fact
Forces
Limitation
Mode
While
Product
Appeal
Original
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.
Elihu Root
Faith
Peace
People
Argument
Fall
Mark
Favor
General
Mere
Short
Common
Interchange
Loving
Public
Convincing
Reasons
Assemblage
There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.
Elihu Root
Good
Nature
Peace
World
Better
Men
Human Nature
Other
Way
Strive
Promote
Points
Like
Another
Another Way
May
Human
Which
Acquaintance
Much
Each
Grow
Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.
Elin Hilderbrand
Peace
Hide
Constantly
Could
Writers
Like
Remote
Most
House
Read
Parts
Yard
Used
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