Peace Quotes
“Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.”
“All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.”
-- Jock Sturges
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.”
-- Thomas Jefferson
“Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.”
-- Desmond Tutu
“Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking.”
-- Ludwig von Mises
“Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.”
-- King Hussein I
“Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.”
-- Herodotus
“For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.”
-- Camryn Manheim