Peace Quotes
“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.'”
“The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.”
-- Elihu Root
“The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.”
-- Ted Rall
“I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.”
-- Alfred Nobel
“Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war has been put squarely to the American people, they have registered for peace.”
-- Paul Robeson
“Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.”
-- Daisaku Ikeda