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Give Peace a Chance

Shirin Donia 
Hey you, nobody wins in war. 

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f everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace - John Lennon

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake - Jeannette Rankin
War is what happens when language fails - Margaret Atwood
War does not determine who is right - only who is left -Bertrand Russel 

If there is to be peace in the world, 
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.

Lao Tzu
 

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it - Eleanor Roosevelt 
There was never a good war, or a bad peace- Benjamin Franklin 
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding of others. - Niccolo Machiavelli 
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war - Maria Montessori 
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other - Mother Theresa