Peace Quotes
“An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.”
“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
“When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.”
-- Rodney King
“Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.”
-- Douglas MacArthur
“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