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The fall of communism had more to do with prayer meetings in Poland than bombs dropped on Cambodia. War is, among other things, impatience.

The fall of communism had more to do with prayer meetings in Poland than bombs dropped on Cambodia. War is, among other things, impatience.
– Brian Zahnd

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  3. We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings. – Billy Graham
  4. He (Frederick II) famously describe Poland as an ‘artichoke, ready to be consumed leaf by leaf – Christopher Clark
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  8. When the bombs fell, it wasn’t a war; it was an obliteration. No one had any idea who shot first or why. – Joe Reyes
  9. Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith. – Elizabeth George
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  22. The war against the war is the only war that shall give you a great honour and a real peace! – Mehmet Murat ildan
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  24. They have forgotten that war is momentum.War is natural. And war makes one strong. – Robert Jackson Bennett
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  33. Doomed people celebrate peace with sky bombs. – Lauren Groff
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  35. If freedom rings, then bondage bombs. – Anthony Liccione
  36. Therm-bombs! Drop ’em right on us! I been roasted before-”it’s nothing! – Henry V ONeil
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  38. They go to Paris to learn how to make bombs and they come back having learned only how to write poetry, which they think is more explosive. – Rana Dasgupta
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  40. Many preachers are at home among books but quite at sea among men. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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