“The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?”

“May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.”

“Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.”

“It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.”

“If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.”

“Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in such complex peace treaties that empower so many different people to pursue so many contradictory aims.”

“We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.”

“But if our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'”

“To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.”