Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
— James Madison
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
— JRR Tolkien
[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
— John F. Kennedy
Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal its horrors. They indoctrinate children with hatred. I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.
— Albert Einstein
Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked the desolation are but atoms of earth themselves.
— Charles Dickens
The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.
— George Bernard Shaw
I think war is a dangerous place.
— George W. Bush
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
— Henri Nouwen
I recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. And I have always recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state that we all want to emerge from negotiations toward a true two-state solution.
— Eric Garcetti
When the armies of the prophet entered Jerusalem not a single person was killed because of his faith. When the crusaders entered the city, centuries later, not a Moslem man, woman, or child was spared.
— Napoleon Hill
Lay em down, Sethe. Sword and shield. Down. Down. Both of em down. Down by the riverside. Sword and shield. Don't study war no more. Lay all that mess down. Sword and shield.
— Toni Morrison
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
— George W. Bush