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“Active beneficence is a virtue of easier practice than forbearance after having conferred, or than thankfulness after having received a benefit. I know not, indeed, whether it be a greater and more difficult exercise of magnanimity, for the one party to act as if he had forgotten, or for the other as if he constantly remembered the obligation.”

Source: Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches

“Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.”

Difficult Roles Active Afghanistan Rebuilding Afghan

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“I don't think there's any way that war can have a place in peace. I think that peace is the active and difficult resistance to the temptation of war; it is the prerogative and the obligation of the injured. Peace is something that has to be vigilantly maintained; it is a vigilance, and it involves temptation, and it does not mean we as human beings are not aggressive. This is a mistaken way of understanding non-violence.”

Thinking Way Humans Mean Doe War Difficult Understanding Human Beings Violence Active Obligation Resistance Temptation Aggressive Mistaken Injured Non Violence Vigilance Prerogative

Author:Judith Butler