Character Quote by Thucydides

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace

— Theodore Roosevelt

Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.

— Luc de Clapiers

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth…

— Thomas Merton

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

— Clint Eastwood

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only…

— Douglas MacArthur

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

— Ludwig von Mises

“The Crippled God scattered some seeds onto the brazier’s coals. Popping sounds, then more smoke. ‘Peace. Warm yourself, warrior, while I tell you of…

— Steven Erikson

Peace is for the women, and the weak. Empires are forged by war.

— Agamemnon

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

— Saint Augustine

... it is a commonplace that men like war. For peace, in our society, with the feeling we have then that it is feeble-minded…

— Ruth Benedict

Nothing fairer than peace is given to man to know; Better one peace than countless triumphs

— Silius Italicus

A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved…

— Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre