Peace war Quotes · Page 3

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice.

— Thomas Merton

Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.

— George Bernard Shaw

Frankly, I had enjoyed the war… and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun?

— Adrian Carton de Wiart

I am for peace... but in all I do they are for war.

— Olajobishade

“Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future.”

— C.S. Lewis

Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

— Laini Taylor

As long as there is peace, there will always be war.

— Sarah Al-Masri

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

— Herbert Hoover

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a…

— Ludwig von Mises

If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.

— Pat Buchanan

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war…

— Michael Morpurgo

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

— Dalai Lama

We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

— Ramsay MacDonald

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves.

— Thomas Jefferson

Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the…

— Ludwig von Mises

You cannot believe in peace at home and not believe in international peace. A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create…

— Coretta Scott King

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the…

— Baruch Spinoza

The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying…

— John Lennon

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad…

— Benjamin Franklin

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

— William Cowper

The alternative to peace is not war. It is annihilation.

— Raymond Gram Swing

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

— H. G. Wells

Did you know that the original title for War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For?

— Jerry Seinfeld

Peace and not war is the father of all things.

— Ludwig von Mises

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

— Edward R. Murrow

Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.

— Tacitus

I hate it when they say, �He gave his life for his country.� They don�t die for the honor and glory of…

— Gene La Rocque

If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming…

— George W. Bush

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father…

— Ludwig von Mises

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from…

— Herbert Hoover

We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace?

— Ramsay MacDonald

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition…

— William Glasser