Cessation Quote by Tacitus

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

— Baruch Spinoza

But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to…

— Robert A. Heinlein

War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace is not merely a vacuum left by the ending of wars. It is the creation of two eternal principles, justice and freedom.

— James T. Shotwell

[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy.

— Edward Gibbon

Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence,…

— Baruch Spinoza

Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.

— Ron Dellums

“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.”

— Baruch Spinoza

The mere absence of war is not peace.

— John F. Kennedy

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel…

— Desiderius Erasmus

Peace cannot be achieved except after the cessation of military escalation and the economic and financial siege.

— Yasser Arafat