"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence"

"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"

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

"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home"

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

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace"

"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains"

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

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

"Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace"

"When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith"