The war on terror if this is a war on terror can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented.

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind men were constrained in the absence of any other form of discipline to turn to discipline of the military type.

Instead in the absence of respect for human rights science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses alternatives to violence.

Peace is not the absence of war but a virtue based on strength of character.

For peace is not mere absence of war but is a virtue that springs from a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Peace is not absence of conflict it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence - that common cure of love.

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning my answer has at least one merit that of perfect sincerity.

Where there is an absence of international political leadership civil society should step in to fill the gap providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

And as far as false hope there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.