I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
Angelina JolieRead
I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.
Interpretation
True peace cannot exist without justice.
Angelina Jolie's quote emphasizes the interdependence of justice and peace, suggesting that any peace achieved without ensuring justice is superficial and temporary. It highlights the belief that for a society or individual to experience true, lasting peace, there must first be fairness and equity in how people are treated and how justice is served.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for social justice.
I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
I don't see the point of doing an interview unless you're going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I'm extremely human and have done some dark things I don't think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I'd like to think it's the nice thing to do.
It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You're suddenly somebody's wife. And you're like, 'Oh, I'm half of a couple now. I've lost me.'
I had a C-section, and I found it fascinating. I didn't find it a sacrifice, and I didn't find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.
There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.
When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing, because I don't see it as a sacrifice. It's a gift. We're all lucky to have each other.
I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity—through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!
The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.
All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.
That's all an angel is....an idea of God.
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