Conviction Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate…

— Martin Luther King Jr

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.

— Anonymous

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

— Baruch Spinoza

Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?

— Charles Sumner

[Peace] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war.

— Edward Gibbon

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

— Martin Luther

War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of…

— Walter Bagehot

Every thoughtful, well-meaning and conscientious human being should assume in time of peace, the solemn and unconditional obligation not to participate in any war,…

— Albert Einstein

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

— Baruch Spinoza