#secure peace

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

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The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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Thus, if armaments were curtailed without a secure peace and all countries disarmed proportionately, military security would have been in no way affected. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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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. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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To secure peace is to prepare for war. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

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