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“Each wave of men in turn grew peaceful as it grew to know and love the land, so that the Light flourished again. But always the Dark was there, swelling and waning, gaining a new Lord of the Dark whenever a man deliberately chose to be changed into something more dread and powerful than his fellows. Such creatures were not born to their doom, like the Old Ones, but chose it.”
Susan Cooper (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If these are "peaceful protests" then Ashton is a ballerina at the Bolshoi Theatre.”
Dmitry Rogozin (born 1963) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Original: Если это - "мирные протесты", то Эштон - балерина Большого театра. {February 20, 2014}
“The people in Israel are preoccupied, seeing how in other countries people live normal and peaceful lives. This reinforces the desire to end the conflict.”
Jonathan Kis-Lev (born 1985) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Teichert, Corina. From Attempts to Crossing Borders (Vom Versuch, Grenzen zu überschreiten), Jüdische Zeitung, 2008-07-28
“You may say that I am too optimistic... You might be right. I have said that the peaceful activities are indeed a minority, but what should I tell you? The negative side you know already.”
Jonathan Kis-Lev (born 1985) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An optimist seeks peace (Ein Optimist sucht den Frieden), Schwäbische Zeitung, 2008-07-10
“What we now see in Afghanistan and Iraq must teach us a lesson. The Iranian problem has a peaceful solution to it.”
Reza Pahlavi (born 1960) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Nadezhda Popova, Reza Pahalavi, Son Of The Last Shah Of Iran: “No War Is Needed – We Will Topple This Regime Ourselves”, Izvetsiya, May 29, 2006.
“The regime has cleverly tried to play the nationalistic card, arguing for the nation’s sovereign rights to nuclear energy. Indeed, no one in the world has challenged Iran’s sovereign right to nuclear energy; rather it has demanded more transparency in order to demonstrate its lack of ambition beyond the peaceful use of nuclear technology. This transparency is what the regime is lacking.”
Reza Pahlavi (born 1960) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Christoph Lehermayr, Der Sohn des Schahs spricht exklusiv mit NEWS.at: "Ich bin bereit, Konig zu werden", NEWS.at, September 15, 2009.
“There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple-leaves with an early moon.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) first seen 1899 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an untitled essay by Meynell in Gardens Ancient and Modern: An Epitome of the Literature of the Garden-Art, edited by Albert Forbes Sieveking (London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1899), p. 297
“In the course of history the refugee was the first peaceful immigrant. In a social structure offering no place for a stranger, the unfortunate who had" taken the flight and so evaded death and black fate" at the hands of his enemies was sheltered under the sacred law of hospitality, since he came "as a fugative and a suppliant".”
Eugene M. Kulischer (1881–1956) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kulischer (1949) "Displaced Persons in the Modern World" in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Vol. 262, Reappraising Our Immigration Policy (Mar., 1949), p. 166
“I am so much concerned for the quiet development of industry, the peaceful mind and confidence both at home and abroad, that I will use every ounce of influence I have to prevent another election for the next two years... I wish to make it quite clear that I am going to stand for no monkeying.”
Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to a London correspondent of the Associated Press (1 June 1929), quoted in The Literary Digest, Volume 101 (1929), p. 14 and Current History, Volume 30 (1929), p. 660
“The violence of the state, to be justified, must be transubstantiated in its essence into peaceful incantation, yet at the same time, to be effective, it must retain the external accidents of violence.”
Roderick Long (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The root causes of armed conflict, among them the race for natural resources, economic imbalances, and ethnic and religious tensions must be resolved, respecting the obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means under Article 2 (3) of the Charter. The obligation to negotiate is jus cogens, “negotiation” meaning dialogue and compromise, not the dictates of the stronger over the weaker.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation particularly by the media.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rights expert urges the UN General Assembly to adopt a more decisive role in peace-making (For International Day of Peace, Saturday 21 September 2013) .
“States should significantly reduce military spending and develop conversion strategies to reorient resources towards social services, the creation of employment in peaceful industries, and greater support to the post-2015 development agenda.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A just, peaceful, equitable and democratic world order must not be undermined by the activities of investors, speculators and transnational enterprises avid for immediate profit at the expense of social and economic progress.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A democratic and equitable international order can only flourish in a peaceful environment. With conflict prevention being the overarching raison d’être of the United Nations, the hundreds of wars since 1945 indicate that the Organization must reform in order to live up to its purposes and principles.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The UN Charter, adopted on 24 October 1945, has not lost its relevance in the 21st century. In fact, we need the United Nations more than ever, because the Charter constitutes humanity’s only rules-based order, and its best hope to build a peaceful modus vivendi that will facilitate development and prosperity for everyone on the planet.”
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Precedent has shown that sticking to such a political foundation (1992 Consensus) will allow continued healthy development of cross-strait ties. Damaging the foundation will damage the fruit of peaceful development in cross-strait ties, leading to endless problems across the strait.”
Zhang Zhijun (born 1953) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zhang Zhijun (2016) cited in "Chinese official reiterates '1992 consensus' mantra" on Focus Taiwan, 23 December 2016.
“My aim for now is to lead a peaceful revolution to remove this regime. I think if I can be in the street with the people I can achieve more than if I am the president.”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call on the United States and the European Union to tell Saleh that he must leave now...They should end all support for his regime, especially that which is used to crush peaceful opposition...They should freeze the Saleh family's assets and those of Saleh's henchmen and return them to the people.”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the US and Europe genuinely support the people, as they say, they must not betray our peaceful revolution. It is the expression of the democratic will of the overwhelming majority of the people of Yemen.”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“American policy makers must understand that the activists and young people who started Yemen’s peaceful revolution deeply respect the United States and Western civilization...We call on American officials to engage with the leaders of Yemen’s democracy movement and abandon their misplaced investment in the old regime’s security apparatus”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The repercussions of the coup on nascent democracies in the Arab world will be destructive. People may soon lose faith in the democratic process, paving the way for the revival of extremist groups...The coup serves to strengthen the radicals, interrupting the course of peaceful change.”
Tawakkol Karman (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows. Every night, be tucked in close to you. Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed. Point our rocking chairs towards the west. Plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows. Where the green grass grows.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Russia and India both have a geopolitical interest in a peaceful and stable Asia, which would be relieved of outward pressure and would not harbour and suffer from extremists.... Russia and India must do their best so that international community's efforts in Afghanistan were not futile.”
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“-"The Italian Government has repeatedly noted that, during the course of the present war, the Greek Government has adopted and maintained a position which goes not only against the smooth and peaceful..." -Alors, c'est la guerre. -Pas nécessaire, mon excellence. -Non, c'est nécessaire.”
Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in: "Angelos Terzakis (1990) The Greek Epic: 1940 - 1941, p.36", such as in Grazzi's Memoirs
“A Hebrew belief asserted that if Yahweh lays aside his bow and hangs it in the clouds, this is a sign that his anger has subsided. Other peoples have had similar ideas, based upon the tradition that an archer carries his bow with the ends pointing downward when he wishes to indicate his peaceful intentions.”
Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're a country with a balance of opinion. We are not a divided country. but we're debating independence in an entirely peaceful fashion.”
Alex Salmond (1954–2024) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: King Alex: The Man Behind Scotland's Independence Movement, . (September 15, 2014)
“While dissecting the universe scientists discovered that uranium, a metal invisibly boiling, can boil water to spark electricity. They believed the 'peaceful atom' would give cheap clean power. Recent years cause many to doubt this.”
Paul Glover (born 1947) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (“Ithaca Power”) comprehensive energy survey, received grant from Fund for Investigative Journalism, December 1988
“Be peaceful within yourself,”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Particular care should be taken that every promise made to them [the Navajo and Mescalero Apache] should be observed to the letter. In this way I am confident that in a few years they would equal if not excel our peaceful and industrious Pueblos, and be a source of wealth to the Territory, instead of being as heretofore its dread and impoverishers.”
Kit Carson (1809–1868) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to General James Henry Carleton (May 17, 1864)
“There are no true enemies, only potential allies- hearts and minds yet to be won, "peaceful people" being deprived of their natural right to fast food, wall-to-wall carpet and high definition pornography. There are no more statues of heroes because no true villains can be acknowledged.”
Jack Donovan (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?”
Norm Macdonald (1959–2021) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, 12:53 a.m. · (16 December 2016)
“In this study Witzel talks of a peaceful immigration but also uses the terms "battles" and "campaigns" (324), "initial conquest" (326) and "frequent warfare" (339) thus indicating that beneath the lipservice to "migration" (which became fashionable) lurks the notion of invasion.”
Nicholas Kazanas (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fight them and ambush them everywhere, increase the attacks against them. Target the infidels’ information and media centers and their psychological warfare centers ... Continue your actions ... Ensure that the Crusaders [i.e. Westerners] and those who have abandoned Islam do not enjoy a peaceful life in their homes while your brothers are suffering from bombing, killing, and destruction.”
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 28 September 2017 (date of quote)
“[P]lenty of perfectly stable and peaceful societies […] have been governed by a ruling caste which was culturally distinct from the body of the population.”
Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Radicalisation thrives on economic insecurity and exclusion. To create stakeholders in a peaceful world, people need opportunities to fulfil their potential and build good lives. Helping them is a powerful message of respect.”
Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was amazing to go to Belfast, which does not yet have 5G, and feel the earth, sky, air, human experience, feel the way it did in the 1970s. Calm, still peaceful, natural, restful.”
Naomi Wolf (born 1962) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deleted tweet (July 5, 2019), as cited in "Naomi Klein — my life being mistaken for a notorious conspiracy theorist", The Sunday Times (September 3, 2023)
“North Korea knows a nuclear war is unwinnable. I also think it fancies its chances of a peaceful takeover too highly to want to risk a premature invasion while U.S. troops are here.”
Brian Reynolds Myers (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pope Francis has offered to mediate talks between #Venezuela's President Maduro & US-backed opposition Guaido - if both sides are willing to talk. Maduro says yes, but Guaido says no. If Guaido is such a champion of democracy, why does he refuse to hold peaceful dialogue? 🤔”
Jill Stein (born 1950) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (7 February 2019)
“Yeah, he'd said, maybe it's just my idea, but really it always hurts, the times it don't hurt is when we just forget, we just forget it hurts, you know, it's not just because my belly's all rotten, everybody always hurts. So when it really starts stabbing me, somehow I feel sort of peaceful, like I'm myself again”
Ryu Murakami (1952–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need the United Nations as the core and central institution of our world. The only way we’re going to have a peaceful, civilized world is through a strong UN. It’s absurd that the UN core budget is a mere $3 billion per year, when New York City’s budget is around $100 billion. We chronically underfund the UN system and then ask, “Why don’t things work well?”
Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the UN Food Systems Pre-summit, Speech transcript (July 27, 2021)
“I condemn the military coup attempt in Turkey in the strongest terms. Governments should be changed through fair and free elections, not by force. I pray for Turkey, the Turkish people and everyone in Turkey right now. I pray to God that this problem will be resolved in the fastest and most peaceful way.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In addition to condemning mindless violence, including during the coup attempt, we have emphasized our commitment to preventing terrorists’ recruitment from among Muslim youth and nurturing a peaceful, pluralist mind-set.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Violent extremism feeds on the frustrations of those forced to live under dictators who cannot be challenged by peaceful protests and democratic politics. In Turkey, the Erdogan government’s shift toward a dictatorship is polarizing the population along sectarian, political, religious and ethnic lines, fueling the fanatics.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I pray to the Most Merciful God for a peaceful resolution to this dispute between two neighboring countries as soon as possible.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky. Never mind. I hate describing scenery.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whatever theoretical merit there may be to the argument that there is a "right" to rebellion against dictatorial governments is without force where the existing structure of the government provides for peaceful and orderly change.”
Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
“President Trump has denounced the violence, acknowledged the certified election results and committed to a 'peaceful transfer of power' to the Biden-Harris Administration”
Kellyanne Conway (born 1967) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by {{Citation|author=Marlow Stern | date=2021-01-16 | title=Bill Maher Delivers Final Insult to Kellyanne Conway on ‘Real Time’
“[The state is] never a contract among peaceful men but always a conquest of one group over another.”
Phillip Abbott Luce (1935–1998) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “For Utopia, Curb State Controls”, Peggy Baker, Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa), January 23, 1970
“Islam makes the whole of humanity-Muslims and non-Muslims-suffer. Peaceful Muslims become victims of the oppressive psyche of Islam, which sucks all the life out of them, while non-Muslims are made to suffer at the hands of Islamic terrorists.”
Ibn Warraq (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source