Peace Quotes
“It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary.”
-- Gerrit Smith
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
“Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.”
-- Susan Rice
“We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.”
-- Rosie O'Donnell
“The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.”
-- William Beveridge
“Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.”
-- Nastassja Kinski
“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”
-- Ron Paul
“For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.”
-- Ehud Olmert
“Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.”
-- Imelda Staunton
“World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.”
-- Gifford Pinchot
“Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.”
-- Wendy Cope
“The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.”
-- Sidney Sheldon
“Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.”
-- Mariel Hemingway
“Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.”
-- Josh McDowell