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“If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States.”

Ifs Men Believe Children War Country States Peace United United States Equal Tragic Other Countries If You Believe

Author:Bill Gates

“I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.”

Believe War Real States America Winning I Believe Peace Challenges United United States Superpower

Author:Christiane Amanpour

“In 1979, we thought it would be easier to take power. The intervention of the United States has changed the circumstances.”

War States Would Be Peace United United States Changed Circumstances Easier Intervention

Author:Mario Lopez

“We can export terrorism. We can assassinate and set fires inside the territory of the United States as it did to all of us.”

War States Peace United United States Fire Terrorism Territory Fire Inside

Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi

“The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.”

War States Peace Ability United United States Sea Spring Impact Bottom Ships Visuals Soviet

Author:John Lehman

“I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.”

Ifs War States Peace United Wonder United States Arms Symbols Climbing Flags Ambassadors Helicopters

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Were it possible so to accelerate the intercourse between every part of the globe that all its inhabitants could be united under the superintending authority of an ecumenical Council, how great a portion of human evils would be avoided.”

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Book:Selected Writings of James Madison

Source: Selected Writings of James Madison

“It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the First Article's assurance.”

People Firsts Peace United Rights Speech Presses Accidents Protest Articles Coincidence Assurance Identical Inseparable Grievance Petitions Redress

Author:Wiley Blount Rutledge

“I believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will promote more growth, more equality, better preservation of the environment, and a greater possibility of world peace, we are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States at this critical moment decided that we would compete, not retreat.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993

“President Vladimir Putin continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past and he has signed recently, we, the United States, and Europe as a whole, have to stand with Ukraine at this moment. Ukraine needs our financial assistance and support as it pursues reforms and even in the face, in the face of this military onslaught.”

“The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.”

World Matter States Peace United United States Security Empty Fidelity Treaties Pillars

Author:Dean Rusk

“No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof to catch the morning or evening beam; but the love and gratitude of united America settle upon it in one eternal sunshine. From beneath that humble roof went forth the intrepid and unselfish warrior, the magistrate who knew no glory but his country's good; to that he returned, happiest when his work was done. There he lived in noble simplicity, there he died in glory and peace.”

“Nor is mine a trumpet which summons and excites men to cut each other to pieces with mutual contradictions, or to quarrel and fight with one another; but rather to make peace between themselves, and turning with united forces against the Nature of Things”

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Book:The philosophical works of Francis Bacon, with prefaces and notes by the late Robert Leslie Ellis, together with English translations of the principal Latin pieces

Source: The philosophical works of Francis Bacon, with prefaces and notes by the late Robert Leslie Ellis, together with English translations of the principal Latin pieces

“Peace is our goal, but peace from strength, an enduring peace that will bring regional cooperation. What we have emphasized and agreed is that we are strategic partners. We are bound by common interests and will act together to ensure both the safety of United States and the safety of Afghanistan. That is the important consideration. Numbers are a means; they are not an end in themselves.”

“The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.”

“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 effectively, the world needs a global ethic with values which give meaning to life experiences and, more than religious institutions and dogmas, sustain the non-material dimension of humanity. Mankind's universal values of love, compassion, solidarity, caring and tolerance should form the basis for this global ethic which should permeate culture, politics, trade, religion and philosophy. It should also permeate the extended family of the United Nations.”

“As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.”

Should War States Time Peace United United States Office Reasonable

Book:Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical

Source: Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical