“They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.”
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
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“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.”
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
Speech at Victoria Hall, Geneva (10 December 1931) http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/listen_to_gandhi/lec_11_france_genevawtrans/augven_geneva_01.html
1930s
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
(1965) One of Al-Qaeda's official spokesmen
Source: Kronos US v Sulaiman Abu Ghayth Statement https://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf (July 2001)
“The greatest of British interests is peace.”
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(1836–1908) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech in the Circus, Anlaby Road, Hull (8 March 1899), quoted in The Times (9 March 1899), p. 6
Leader of the Opposition
“The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.”
Epicurus
(-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
Attributed to Epicurus by Clement of Alexandria in Stromata
Ferdinand Foch
(1851–1929) French soldier and military theorist
To Alvin C. York, on his extraordinary capture of over a hundred enemy troops behind enemy lines, as quoted in the Preface of Sergeant York And His People (1922) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19117 by Sam K. Cowan
“if your grave doesnt say "rest in peace" on it you are automatically drafted into the skeleton war”
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“We are like soldiers who fall during the assault which leads to peace.”
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
(1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
The Divinisation of Our Activities, p. 85
The Divine Milieu (1960)
“I declare peace the greatest work of art.”
Wolf Vostell
(1932–1998) German painter and sculptor
Wolf Vostell (1980) Wolf Vostell : de-collagen; Verwischungen. p. 23
Original: Ich erkläre den Frieden zum größten Kunstwerk.
