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Just two U.S. Poseidon submarines which carry 320 nuclear weapons can destroy all the 200 major Soviet cities with the destructive potential of 1,000 Hiroshima size weapons.

- Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocque

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

- Malcolm X

An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.

- Dorothy Day

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

- Plato

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

- Andre Gide

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

- Anita Koddick

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

- Dante

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

- Benjamin Franklin

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

- Winston Churchill

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

- John F. Kennedy

I expect to pass through this world but once, therefore any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not come this way again.

- Stephen Grellett

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

- Mark Twain

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

- Dante

I do admit that the destructive energy is there, but it is evanescent, always futile before the creative, which is permanent.

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

- Alfred Adler