"The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Peace Tags: lasting, victories More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons." "Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great." "The only way to have a friend is to be one." More In Peace "In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended."― Arthur Keith "They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman’s octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."― Luigi Barzini "In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East."― Paul Robeson