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"Together,
we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace
for generations to come."
-- Joaquin
Phoenix
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"As
a nation, this is the moment to start seriously investing our time, energy and
resources into proven methods of reducing violence, both within our nation as
well as internationally. The cost of violence to our culture and our children
is simply not sustainable. I have learned that in the United States, youth homicide
rates are more than 10 times that of other leading industrialized nations, this
is just one example of the challenges we face. Is this really a legacy we want
to leave our children? There is a better way. Please
join me in getting involved in this landmark peace effort. We have a strong plan
of action this year at The Peace Alliance for moving this initiative forward.
Click on our "Act Now" link below to contact your member of congress, and the
"Get Involved" link to find out how you can support your local campaign efforts.
Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift
of peace for generations to come."
-- Joaquin
Phoenix
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On
the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping
us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the
department of achieving peace.
-- Eleanor
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As
the War-Office of the United States was established in the time of peace, it is
equally reasonable that a Peace-Office should be established in the time of war.
-- Benjamin Rush |
In order more deeply
to affect the minds of the citizens of the United States with the blessings of
peace, by contrasting them with the evils of war, let the following inscriptions
be painted upon the sign which is placed over the door of the War Office: 1. An
office for butchering the human species. 2. A Widow and Orphan making office.
3. A broken bone making office. 4. A Wooden leg making office. 5. An office for
the creating of public and private vices. 6. An office for creating a public debt.
7. An office for creating speculators, stock Jobbers, and Bankrupts. 8. An office
for creating famine. 9. An office for creating pestilential diseases. 10. An office
for creating poverty, and the destruction of liberty, and national happiness.
-- Benjamin Rush
We
have contingency plans for war, but none for peace.
--Theodore C. Sorensen
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The
Department of Peace would take a more human approach to healing our society, looking
not merely for ways we can destroy an enemy, but for more powerful ways to create
new friends. While the State Department engages in international diplomacy, there
is no domestic parallel. There is no department seeking to harness the power of
a nonviolent heart.
-- Marianne
Williamson |
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