“I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.”

“The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.”

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”

“It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.”

“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”

“The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.”

“We will not have peace by afterthought.”

“The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.”

“The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.”