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Oscar Arias quotes: The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart.

The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart.

Oscar Arias quotes: I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering.

I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering.

Oscar Arias quotes: There are too many war museums.

There are too many war museums.

Oscar Arias quotes: Nuclear arms kill many people all at once, but other weapons kill many people, little by little, every day, everywhere in the world.

Nuclear arms kill many people all at once, but other weapons kill many people, little by little, every day, everywhere in the world.

Oscar Arias quotes: Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough.

Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough.

Oscar Arias quotes: Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.

Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.

Oscar Arias quotes: Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

Oscar Arias quotes: Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves ... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America.

Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves ... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America.

Oscar Arias quotes: Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul.

Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul.

Oscar Arias quotes: I think it's in the hands of each head of state: the future of peace in his own country.

I think it's in the hands of each head of state: the future of peace in his own country.

Oscar Arias quotes: Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship.

Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship.

Oscar Arias quotes: I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel.

I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel.

Oscar Arias quotes: Poverty and lack of education are ruining our planet.

Poverty and lack of education are ruining our planet.

Oscar Arias quotes: It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

Oscar Arias quotes: More combat planes, missiles and soldiers won't provide additional bread for our families, desks for our schools, or medicine for our clinics.

More combat planes, missiles and soldiers won't provide additional bread for our families, desks for our schools, or medicine for our clinics.

Oscar Arias quotes: I saw no reason why other nations should tell Central Americans how to solve their problems.

I saw no reason why other nations should tell Central Americans how to solve their problems.

Oscar Arias quotes: The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable.

The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable.

Oscar Arias quotes: Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Oscar Arias quotes: Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

Latin Americans glorify their past so ceaselessly that they make it almost impossible to advocate change.

Oscar Arias quotes: The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Oscar Arias quotes: If there is no peace in Central America, it will not be because Costa Rica, and myself as president, have not done what is necessary to obtain peace.

If there is no peace in Central America, it will not be because Costa Rica, and myself as president, have not done what is necessary to obtain peace.

Oscar Arias quotes: War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

Oscar Arias quotes: The children of the world, what they want and what they need are health clinics and schools, not tanks or armed helicopters or fighter jets.

The children of the world, what they want and what they need are health clinics and schools, not tanks or armed helicopters or fighter jets.

Oscar Arias quotes: A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours.

A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours.

Oscar Arias quotes: Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it.

Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it.

Oscar Arias quotes: The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future.

The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future.

Oscar Arias quotes: Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace.

Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace.

Oscar Arias quotes: It's not fair for the U.S. to spend, on arms and weapons, so much money and then not spend on health care the money that is needed.

It's not fair for the U.S. to spend, on arms and weapons, so much money and then not spend on health care the money that is needed.