Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.
— Bob Marley
There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can't we study peace?
— Audrey Hepburn
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
We all have to be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others.
— Martin Luther King III
The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
— John F. Kennedy
Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged.
— George Clooney
Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?
— Victor Hugo
Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
— John F. Kennedy
Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.
— Ronald Reagan
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
— William McKinley