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A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, problems

Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about literature, peace, good, good luck

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about opinion, body, work

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Quote by Gerry Adams about talking

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Quote by Aesop about philosophy, force, police

Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.

Quote by Bruce Barton about affair, artists

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about events

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Quote by Aristotel about opinion, character

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

Quote by George W. Bush about diplomacy, word, doubt

The profession had a profound saddening effect on my life.

Quote by Armand Assante about work, life

We concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. Many nations have voiced a commitment to peace and security, and now they must demonstrate that commitment to peace and security in the only effective way: by supporting the immediate...

Quote by George W. Bush about security, peace, nation, truth, moment, world

I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. One morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable...

Quote by Albert Camus about humor, smokers

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

Quote by Orson Scott about civilization

The world of ecology, the idea that every single thing is related to everything else and that everything anybody does has an effect on the world-I began to see the world in a way I hadn't before.

Quote by Julie Christie about world, idea, things

Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality.

Quote by William Falconer about bills, life

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

Quote by William Falconer

The morning air, on the contrary, so celebrated both by poets and philosophers for its benign and cheering effects upon the mind and body, is enjoyed in high perfection by persons of this way of life; and the advantages they derive from thence in...

Quote by William Falconer about poets, people, perfection, air, body, mind, life

AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about. The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine.

Quote by Bill Gates about ideal, things

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

Quote by Bill Gates about nation, communication, tools, people

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about country