Quotes about Peace
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
- Pope John Paul II
The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.
- Abbie Hoffman
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.
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
- James Madison
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
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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