There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.

It's not easy for me either, but if we allow anger to reside in us, we're more guilty than they are because we know the better way.

We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.

I'll sheath my knife in your blood," Jamis snarled. And in the middle of the last word he pounced.

People don't start wars, governments do.

How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another.

The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.

Her father said, "You know, my dears, the world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes." "Even at a time like this?" Meg asked. The call from Calvin, the sound of her husband's voice, had nearly broken her control. "Especially at a time like this," her mother said gently.

Matt, I saw a man with his face blown off and no mouth to scream with, and yet he screamed and could not die. I saw two brothers, and one was in blue and one was in grey, and I will not tell you which one took his saber and ran it through the other. Oh God, it was brother against brother, Cain and Abel all over again. And I was turned into Cain. What would God have to do with a nation where brothers can turn against each other with such brutality?

there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.

Healing begins with you're saying these simple words to your adversary, yes, to your enemy: "You're hurting, I know. I'm hurting, too. Let's try to find a way".