Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.
— Ronald Reagan
Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.
— Nelson Mandela
There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this respect I am a Quaker.
— DL Moody
We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations.
— Harry S. Truman
If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering.
— Dennis Prager
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.
— Barack Obama
The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership.
— George W. Bush
The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven.
— Walter Rauschenbusch
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
— Amelia Earhart
A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.
— Seth Godin
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
— Bob Marley
The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.
— Martin Luther King III