"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."

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"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."

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"Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view."

Equality, Peace, Women, Development

"I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone."

Life, Being, Newzealander

"It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity."

Nation, Country, Identity, Ocean, World

"New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years."

Decision-Making, Decisions, Years, Newzealander

"Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change."

Change, Peace, Women, Decision

"The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin."

Progress, Destruction, May, Testing

"The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region."

Hope, President, States, Testing

"The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way."

Time, Work, Opportunity, Open

"The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002."

Life, Government, Decisions, Necessity

"The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence."

Woman, Women, Action, Fact, Independence

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"The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Peace, Past, Poor

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

Helen Keller, American Author

Peace, Understanding, Want

"The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Peace, Love, Conquest, March, May

"We make war that we may live in peace."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Peace, War, May

"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Peace, Hope, Brotherhood, Justice

"There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Peace, Death, Heart, Will

"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Peace, Love, Martin Luther King

"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Peace, War, Wrong

"It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Peace, Love, War, Sacrifice

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."

George Washington, American President

Peace, War