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We do not inherit the earth from our fathers. We borrow it from our children.
- David Bower
Peace is an environment where conflicts are resolved without violence, where people are free, not exploited, living so they can grow to their full potential.
- Gerard Vanderhaar
Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against -- not with -- the wind.
- Hamilton Mabie
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
- Oscar Arias
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
- John F. Kennedy
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller
The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity.
- Charles de Foucauld
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
- Steve Biko
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.
- Kenneth Boulding
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
- John F. Kennedy
Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
- Cesar Chavez
We challenge the culture of violence when we ourselves act in the certainty that violence is no longer acceptable, that it's tired and outdated no matter how many cling to it in the stubborn belief that it still works and that it's still valid.