"Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace"

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

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind"

"Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace"

"Peace is the first thing the angels sang"

"If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace"

"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace"

"I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war"

"The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace"

"I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity"

"Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace"