Peace Quotes
“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
-- Petrarch
“I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.”
-- Park Geun-hye
“Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.”
-- Corazon Aquino
“Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.”
-- Benjamin Netanyahu
“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.”
-- George Eliot
“The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.”
-- Charles de Secondat
“The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance.”
-- Ahmed Yassin
“Dear Lord we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.”
-- Joseph Auslander
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
-- George Washington
“My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.”
-- Brent Scowcroft
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.”
-- Daniel Berrigan
“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
“The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.”
-- Minoru Yamasaki
“One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.”
-- David Borenstein