Peace Quotes

"Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge"

"Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing"

"From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world"

Leon Jouhaux, Leader

"I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

"It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use"

Tom Cruise, Actor

"The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to folly; at times I felt sharp reproof, but I did not get low enough to cry for help"

John Woolman, Clergyman

"Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword"

Steven Runciman, Historian

"The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life"

Peace Pilgrim, Activist

"I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s"

Kenneth Koch, Poet

"For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade"

James Forrestal, Public Servant

"A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war"

Henry Van Dyke, Poet

"For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home"

Marty Meehan, Politician

"To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war"

George Steiner, Critic

"In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe"

Leon Jouhaux, Leader

"Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving"

Joseph Auslander, Poet

"Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace"

John Boyd Orr, Politician

"I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive"

Janeane Garofalo, Comedian

"There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success"

Philip Knight, Businessman

"A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability"

Peter Hain, Politician

"Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind"

Gerald Jampolsky, Psychologist

"We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction"

Michael McCaul, Politician

"That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson"

Clare Short, Politician

"There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty"

John Boyd Orr, Politician

"I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?"

Siobhan Fahey, Musician

"I am firmly convinced that, in future years, China and India will join hands in playing a more active role in maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world at large and make due contribution to the cause of human progress and development"

Li Peng, Public Servant

"We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks"

Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politician

"I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"A similar revolving fund could be set up for Germany, for a durable peace can rest only upon a Germany that, while militarily impotent, is industrially active"

James Forrestal, Public Servant

"Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace"

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politician

"The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department"

Louis A. Johnson, Public Servant

"All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are"

Bob Ney, Politician

"Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life"

Tobey Maguire, Actor

"Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples"

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Celebrity

"We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty"

David Amram, Composer

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