Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.
— George W. Bush
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
— Norman Vincent Peale
If we [are to] reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions. Not in exchange for promises, but rather in exchange for peace.
— Ariel Sharon
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence is not the way.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
People get stoked by conflict. They take sides. Passions are ignited. And that's a good way to get people to take notice.
— Jason Fried
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
One day the people of the world will want peace so much that the governments will have to get out of their way and give it to them.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower