Peace Keeping Mission

Famous quotes containing the words peace, keeping and/or mission:

“Today we seek a moral basis for peace.... It cannot be a lasting peace if the fruit of it is oppression, or starvation, cruelty, or human life dominated by armed camps. It cannot be a sound peace if small nations must live in fear of powerful neighbors. It cannot be a moral peace if freedom from invasion is sold for tribute.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

“Anne,
who were you?
Merely a kid keeping alive.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
—William McKinley (1843–1901)