Society, Justice & Peace: Peace Quotes

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"The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you, but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war"

Stanley Crouch, Critic

"Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully"

Bootsy Collins, Musician

"Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war"

Ernst Toller, Playwright

"I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations"

Alex Morrison, Soldier

"Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee started all this violence"

Marina Oswald, Celebrity

"This is an era of violent peace"

James D. Watkins, Soldier

"The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others"

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Statesman

"In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined"

Cyrus Vance, Statesman

"My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all"

Winfield Scott Hancock, Soldier

"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... Let there be no more wars"

Anwar Sadat, Statesman

"East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century"

William Kirby, Scientist

"You can't bomb a people just in case"

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

"The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice"

Ludwig Quidde, Critic

"Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security"

King Abdullah II, Statesman

"As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation"

Earl Blumenauer, Politician

"Peace in the head, peace in the stomach"

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Statesman

"I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country"

George Weah, Politician

"And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim"

Amos Oz, Writer

"It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution"

Jan Egeland, Public Servant

Jan Egeland

"Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace"

Julien Benda, Philosopher

"The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks"

Bernardo Bertolucci, Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

"There is no greater evil than anarchy"

Sophocles, Author

Sophocles

"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"

Lao Tzu, Author

"To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary"

Abraham Lincoln, President

Abraham Lincoln

"There was never a good war, or a bad peace"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

Winston Churchill

"We are asking the nations of Europe, between whom rivers of blood have flowed, to forget the feuds of a thousand years"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

Winston Churchill

"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say"

Bob Marley, Musician

Bob Marley

"I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete"

Ronald Reagan, President

Ronald Reagan

"Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which, if acted on, would save one-half the wars of the world"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows"

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

Martin Luther King Jr.

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love"

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

Martin Luther King Jr.

"It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it"

Martin Luther King Jr., Minister

Martin Luther King Jr.

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