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Famous quotes containing the words years, war and/or peace:

    “I spend so many times for skating, and I gave up so many hobbies for this ... the Olympics are four years in time. And I am old.”
    —Ye Qiaobo (b. 1965)

    “The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.”
    —Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)

    “It is essential that none of the other great powers shall secure these islands [Hawaii]. Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.”
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)