Peace Quotes
“Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?”
“Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.”
-- Richard Cobden
“Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.”
-- Yasser Arafat
“We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.”
-- Paul Robeson
“When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.”
-- Jimmy Carter
“I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.”
-- Albert Einstein
“The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.”
-- Natan Sharansky
“If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it.”
-- Mitt Romney