"Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work."
-Chief Joseph
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"We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.“
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"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."
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"We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end."
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"I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed."
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"I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition."
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"I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country."
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"When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch."
-Michelle Branch
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"The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security."
-Chuck Hagel
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"As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week."
-George J. Mitchell
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"On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live."
-Eric Burdon
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"Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out."
-Richard Cobden
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"I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace."
-Richard Cobden
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