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“As Shakespeare himself knew, the peace, the reconciliation that he created on the stage would not last an hour on the street.”
Edward Bond (1934–2024) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Plays (London: Methuen, 1978) vol. 2, p. x.
“Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise; Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars, They were th' Esteem of Foreigners, And lavish of their Wealth and Lives, The Balance of all other Hives.”
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733) said by 1733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To him let us but cleave in all our strife; and the Tempter will flee; the wilderness will be desolate no more; angels will come and minister unto us; and when we pass thence to the ministry of life, be it to the glory of a transfiguration, the sorrows of a Gethsemane, or the sacrifice of the cross, the tranquilizing peace of God will never be far from us.”
James Martineau (1805–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was in his parting sorrow that Jesus asked his disciples to remember him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for ever since has his name been breathed in morning and evening prayers that none can count, and has brought down some gift of sanctity and peace on the anguish of bereavement, and the remorse of sin.”
James Martineau (1805–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The secret belief that the Lord of conscience loves and accepts each faithful sacrifice is the ultimate and sufficient support of all goodness; dispensing with the chorus of approving voices; replacing all vain self-reliance with a Divine strength; and with the peace of a reconciled nature consoling the inevitable sorrows of a devoted life.”
James Martineau (1805–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I suppose when there's no more room for another crow's-foot, one attains a sort of peace?”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Valmouth (1918), cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 448.
“Truly we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own the lamentation of the Prophet: "There is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land" (Hosea 4:1). Yet in the midst of this tide of evil, the Virgin Most Merciful rises before our eyes like a rainbow, as the arbiter of peace between God and man.”
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement prior to World War I, quoted in Biographical profile at Living Water Community, and partially in A Treasury of Saints : 100 Saints : Their Lives and Times (2002) by Malcolm Day, and St. Mary's Catholic Church,…
“Men and women can never be close. They can hardly speak to one another in the same language. But are compelled, forever, to try, and therefore even in defeat there is no peace.”
Margaret Drabble (born 1939) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Middle Ground (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980) p. 236
“In the true, original, catholic, evangelical religion of Jesus Christ, and in this alone, all the divided religions of Christendom find their union, their repose, their support. Find out His mind, His character, His will; and in His greatness we shall rise above our littlenesses; in His strength we shall lose our weakness; in His peace we .shall forget our discord.”
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long outstanding debt, no courtesy or love or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed, by which you can promote the glory of God, or good-will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such, I beseech you, in God's name, in Christ's name, go and do it.”
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Last words: "Peace! Joy!”
Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) said by 1847 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? Don't be a chicken boy Stop acting like a beotch Imma peace out if you don't give me the payoff.”
Katy Perry (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life, if we would mark it, is made up of thousands of suggestions from some unseen quarter, prompting us to duty; starting some thought of what is wise and right and just and good; inclining us to thoughtfulness, to meditation, to prayer; making the soul dissatisfied with its present course, and drawing it along in the path of duty, benevolence, and peace.”
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The goal of China’s diplomacy today is to work towards world peace and promote global development. We value the role of science and technology in diplomacy.”
Qin Gang (born 1966) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Global Nature of Science, Technology and Innovation: An interview with Ambassador Qin Gang, China's Ambassador to the U.S." in Science & Diplomacy (17 December 2021)
“Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.”
Frank Borman (1928–2023) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prayer from Apollo 8, on Christmas Day (25 December 1968)
“As the days of spring arouse all nature to a green and growing vitality, so when hope enters the soul it makes all things new. It insures the progress which it predicts. Rooted in faith, growing up into love; these make the three immortal graces of the gospel, whose intertwined arms and concurrent voices shed joy and peace over our human life.”
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!”
Tove Jansson (1914–2001) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1" (1977).
“We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.”
Michael Franti (born 1966) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bomb the World, Everyone Deserves Music (2003)
“Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.”
Ralph Barton Perry (1876–1957) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Non-Resistance and The Present War - A Reply to Mr. Russell," International Journal of Ethics (April 1915), vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 307-316
“Before the spirit could seek into it, the mind must. She studied the tensor equations as once she studied the sutras, she meditated upon the koans of science, and at last she began to feel her oneness with all that was, and in the vision find peace.”
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a role in developing the doctrine From the Sea, which was later modified to Forward From the Sea. But the way we looked at the situation was that the world we live in is a dangerous place. There's a violent peace out there, there are going to be problems over the horizon, and certainly that proved to be true.”
Leighton W. Smith Jr. (1939–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The real reason for his attitude lay deeper. Essentially, Gloucester and the barons of his party were opposed to peace because they felt war to be their occupation. Behind them were the poorer knights and squires and archers of England, who, unconcerned with rights or wrongs, were “inclined to war such as had been their livelihood.”
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to record my deep conviction that our Australian story should fill our hearts with pride and our eyes with tears. It is a story of the dispossessed and the outcast, redeemed through the innate goodness of humanity—a society challenged by nature, tested by war, enlarged by other cultures and blessed by such peace, prosperity and tolerance that we are now the envy of the earth.”
Tony Abbott (born 1957) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First speech of Tony Abbott to Australian Parliament, 1994.
“An historical, national Jewish right to the city of Jerusalem does not extinguish the property rights of individual Arab homesteaders acquired over the years. Muslims residing in East Jerusalem must just learn to extend to their Jewish neighbors the courtesy their Muslim brethren receive from their Jewish neighbors, in Israel proper. In other words, allow Jews to live in peace. Or, just to live.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Make Jerusalem Safe Again" The Unz Review, January 25, 2017
“Look at Jared Kushner. The poor man looks low T—like he might one day go the way of Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner. (I love LGBTQ, so long as they come in peace.) Jared's not wearing the pants in the Kushner castle. The beguilingly beautiful Ivanka is.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Ivanka wants, Ivanka gets." American Thinker, April 13, 2017
“Those gathered at the Annual Correspondents' Dinner, or their Christmas party, are not the country's natural aristocracy, but its authentic Idiocracy. No matter how poor their predictive powers, no matter how many times they get it wrong—in war and in peace—the presstitutes always find time for this orgy of self-praise.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thanks, POTUS, For Breaking-Up The Annual Correspondents’ Circle Jerk." The American Thinker, May 8, 2017.
“The tools threatening President Trump with impeachment have one bag of tricks stuffed with power tools: they audit, indict, arrest, bomb, change regimes. They don't make profitable business deals; they tax them. They don't make peace; they wage war.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Trump Fends Off 'Showboat' Comey And The Federal Zombies," The American Thinker, June 9, 2017.
“All other great men are valued for their lives; He, above all, for His death, around which mercy and truth, righteousness and peace, God and man are reconciled; for the cross is the magnet which sends the electric current through the telegraph between earth and heaven, and makes both Testaments thrill, through the ages of the past and future, with living, harmonious, and saving truth.”
Edward Thomson (1810–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go to the family where darkness and suspicion and jealousy and disorder reign, and if they will but receive Christ, mark how light and confidence and order and peace spring up. Go to the regions of superstition and idolatry, and see what transformations are effected by Jesus.”
Edward Thomson (1810–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not that concerned about professional politicians. I always believe that we can change the world by grass-roots movements. It is a very important thing to do. It is the first time that I realized that I respect America so much because there are so many Americans trying to shift the axis of the world to peace.”
Yoko Ono (born 1933) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in "Imagine Peace—A Ray of Light in Dark Times" by Amy Goodman (2007)
“Conservative Christian, right-wing Republican Straight white American males Gay-bashing, black-fearing War-fighting, tree-killing Regional leaders of sales Frat-housing, keg-tapping Shirt-tucking, back-slapping Haters of hippies like me Tree-hugging, peace-loving Pot-smoking, porn-watching Lazy-ass hippies like me”
Todd Snider (1966–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Through the consolidation of basic production and the institution of a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind France, Germany and the other countries that join, this proposal represents the first concrete step towards a European federation, imperative for the preservation of peace.”
Jean Monnet (1888–1979) first seen 1950 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech by Robert Schuman (9 May 1950), written by Monnet
“Perfect peace comes only through relating with the Peacemaker himself.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's peace and from his prevailing power, and a common result is that they feel overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, and defeated by a world operating with a take-no-prisoners approach.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is frightening to see how easily the church accepts all this. Hardly had it achieved peace before it itself began to persecute. … It commenced the persecution of heretics, and primarily, of course, those who contested the truth and validity of this alliance of empire and church.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When hope lies dead—ah, when 'tis death to live, And wrongs remembered make the heart still bleed, Better are Sleep's kind lies for Life's blind need Than truth, if lies a little peace can give.”
Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I simply don't understand why the Nobel academy gave him a peace prize or why Charlie Dimmock and Alan Titchmarsh gave him a new garden. And I don't see why he should be given a statue in Trafalgar Square, either. If we're after someone who stands up for the oppressed, what about Jesus? I feel fairly sure he never blew up a train.”
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a park that is known 4 the face it attracts colorful people whose hair On 1 side is swept back The smile on their faces It speaks of profound inner peace Ask where they're going They'll tell U nowhere They've taken a lifetime lease On Paisley Park.”
Prince (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather than undermined democratic forces.”
Michael Parenti (1933–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The struggle against plutocracy and the striving for peace and democracy are forever reborn.”
Michael Parenti (1933–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is evident that Bhoja had the reputation of a strong ruler, able to maintain peace in his kingdom and defend it against Muslim aggression and left this task as a sacred legacy to his succession. He was undoubtedly one of the outstanding political figure of India in ninth century and ranks with Dhruva and Dharmpala as a great general and empire builder.”
Mihira Bhoja (836–885) said by 885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a soldier who has spent a quarter of his life in the study of the science of arms, let me tell you I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare thoroughly and efficiently for war, you get war.”
Frederick B. Maurice (1871–1951) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on 4 April 1919.
“We know perfectly well that neither love nor peace of mind can be bought with any currency.”
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No enumeration of the fruits of the Spirit will be found which excludes peace and joy, much less love; and from these graces, if, indeed, not from the last alone, spring the various fruits which unitedly constitute righteousness.”
William Arthur (minister) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unhappily, history proves that war is, in a certain sense, the habitual state of mankind, which is to say that human blood must flow without interruption somewhere or other on the globe, and that for every nation, peace is only a respite.”
Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) said by 1821 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the last three centuries, there has been, by virtue of the Inquisition, a greater enjoyment of peace, and happiness, in Spain, than in the other nations of Europe.”
Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) said by 1821 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover Tomorrow Just you wait and see. There'll be love and laughter And peace ever after Tomorrow When the world is free.”
Nat Burton (1901–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are not saved on account of the Holy Ghost's work in us; we are saved by means of it. We are saved on account of Christ's work for us. The Spirit never tells us to look iiiwara even to His own operations, for peace, but outward to Christ.”
William Paton Mackay (1839–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source