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Example sentences for "lasting peace"

  • The right state of mind, the right feeling between nations, is as necessary for a lasting peace as is the just settlement of vexed questions of territory or of racial and national allegiance.

  • As that Government was firmly installed in power, an opportunity presented itself, for the first time since the opening of the war, of arranging a lasting peace.

  • In his magnanimous desire of securing to Europe the blessings of a lasting peace he was ready to surrender maritime conquests of greater pecuniary value so long as England held the keys of the overland and sea routes to India.

  • War and depredation were no unheard-of strangers on the banks of the Ganges, nor could the nature of the civil establishments of the eastern nations secure a lasting peace.

  • Only a peace based upon the international solidarity of the working class and on the liberty of all the peoples can be a lasting peace.

  • Towards the close of his speech the Imperial Chancellor declared that the peace which ends this war must be a lasting peace.

  • The Great Peace "A clear, frank statement of the problems confronting the nations of the world and how those problems must be faced to insure a lasting peace.

  • Were these proposals prompted by a sincere desire to assure a lasting peace, or were they put forward as a device to gain time for the completion of the French naval preparations?

  • The Austrian Minister assured him of the moderation of the allies, especially of England, and of their wish for a lasting peace founded on the principle of the balance of power.

  • Mankind have been making the experiment with war for ages to secure liberty and a lasting peace; or, rather, they have ostensibly held out these objects as a cover to their lusts and passions.

  • It is, therefore, alone the spirit of the gospel that can preserve liberty and produce a lasting peace.

  • Astonished nations, too long the dupes of perfidious Kings, Nobles, and Priests, will eventually recover their rights, and the human race will owe to the American and French nations their regeneration and a lasting peace.

  • Because of America's bold initiatives, 1972 will be long remembered as the year of the greatest progress since the end of World War II toward a lasting peace in the world.

  • I would hope that the nations of the world might say that we had built a lasting peace, built not on weapons of war but on international policies which reflect our own most precious values.

  • We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear.

  • Now for the first time was a lasting peace secured.

  • A desire for a lasting peace prevailed, and the calamities of both parties brought Protestants and Catholics nearer to one another.

  • On the foundation of our victory we can build a lasting peace, with greater freedom and security for mankind in our country and throughout the world.

  • The men in our armed forces want a lasting peace, and, equally, they want permanent employment for themselves, their families, and their neighbors when they are mustered out at the end of the war.

  • For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

  • The upshot was, of course, that the "lasting peace" did not last.

  • There was to be a "lasting peace" between the two nations.

  • In providing that there should be a "lasting peace" between the two nations, it was probably the idea to insure British traders against attack, or rather to provide a technical excuse for reprisals in case of such attacks.

  • If it is exerted on the strength of a true understanding of European events, it will contribute to the establishment of a lasting peace.

  • To my thinking, without the abandonment of that desire and ambition on the part of Germany, there can be no lasting peace in Europe and no reduction of armaments.

  • The truce was converted into a lasting peace, and several marriages between the two families were discussed in a friendly and informal manner.


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