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“I pray, in short, that God exists, that Lucifer brings about His own Redemption and that mankind therefore shall in time be free of them both forever: for until Man makes his own justice according to his own experience, he will never know what true peace can be.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He had thought his wars over. Now he realized peace had been merely a lull.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Democracy is a means of achieving a higher level of individual and collective gratification, welfare, peace, stability and prosperity. It is not an end in itself! Practitioners of democracy in the Pacific should therefore be pragmatic in their approach. An idealistic and a purist approach is, I believe, misplaced.”
Kaliopate Tavola (born 1946) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Speech delivered to the 33rd Pacific Pacific Islands Forum, 15 August 2002, Nadi, Fiji) - excerpts.
“Violated, dishonored, wading in blood, dripping filth – there stands bourgeois society. This is it [in reality]. Not all spic and span and moral, with pretense to culture, philosophy, ethics, order, peace, and the rule of law – but the ravening beast, the witches’ sabbath of anarchy, a plague to culture and humanity. Thus it reveals itself in its true, its naked form.”
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Shamed, dishonored, wading in blood and dripping with filth, thus capitalist society stands. Not as we usually see it, playing the roles of peace and righteousness, of order, of philosophy, of ethics - as a roaring beast, as an orgy of anarchy, as a pestilential breath, devastating culture and humanity - so it appears in all its hideous nakedness.”
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ch. 1, Rosa Luxemburg Speaks (1970), trns: Mary-Alice Waters
“The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How was he to cause war, as the prophecies say he must? How was he to break the nations and bind them to him? How could he 'slay his people with the sword of peace' or 'bind the nine moons to serve him' if he was locked away? Do the prophecies say that he will be 'unfettered'? Do they not speak of the 'chaos of his passing'? How can anything pass at all if he is kept in chains?”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.”
Ingrid Newkirk (born 1949) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Every Week There is More Reason to Feel Empathy for Animals", Huffington Post, 17 July 2009.
“I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.”
Joan Baez (born 1941) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pop Chronicles, Show 19 - Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music, interview recorded December 3, 1967
“Peace of mind, right mind, right action.”
Gillian Anderson (born 1968) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked about the meaning of her tattoos — Newsweek "'X-Files' Behind Her, Gillian Anderson Is a Believer" (May 14, 2015)
“The novel's outside world, if well enough created, does live on, when you look at the world of Jane Austen, Flaubert, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Proust! They're indelible. War and Peace is not only real to today's reader, it will outlast him too. (1981)”
Eudora Welty (1909–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.”
Mandy Patinkin (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.”
Helen Thomas (1920–2013) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: June 4, 2010
“What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval [15 years]; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.”
William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Budget speech in the House of Commons (17 February 1792), quoted in The War Speeches of William Pitt (1915), p. 16. His prediction was a vain hope.
“Now come and join the living, its not so far from you And its getting nearer, soon it will all be true Oh peace train sounding louder”
Cat Stevens (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Besides, he who is feared, fears also; no one has been able to arouse terror and live in peace of mind.”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So far as the personal side is concerned, the victory was to him who lost and the defeat to him who won. I can say that never in the last fifteen years have I had the peace of mind that I have since the election. I have almost a feeling of elation.”
Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My brother was the first President of the United States to state publicly that segregation was morally wrong. His heart and his soul are in this bill. If his life and death had a meaning, it was that we should not hate but love one another; we should use our powers not to create conditions of oppression that lead to violence, but conditions of freedom that lead to peace.”
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Senate floor speech, in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (9 April 1964)
“I will never forget the 5th anniversary of the Peace Corps where I sat with the very first group of volunteers. I asked each of them why they decided to get involved. They said it was the first time anyone asked them to do anything for their country. Today, another young president has challenged another generation to give back to their country”
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Carnage added to carnage does not equal peace.”
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Frank's chromosome conquered everywhere. Peace was guaranteed. By the end of another century's ruthless intermarriage, Russia and Asia were engulfed as thoroughly as Europe, and by the same loving methods. Billions of people: one consciousness.”
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To create a harmonious inner existence is a positive act with far-reaching effects, and not an act of isolation. To desire peace strongly is to help achieve it.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Two days, like icebergs—bleak, blank, half-melting, all frigid, mainly out of sight, and definitely a threat to peace of mind—drifted by and were good to put behind.”
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.”
John Buchan (1875–1940) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pilgrim's Way (1940), p. 117
“In the hearts of a hundred billion worlds Across a trillion dying realities in a lethal multiverse— In the chthonic silence— All that could have been done had been done. In peace and satisfaction, minds diffuse and antique submitted to the End Time.”
Stephen Baxter (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is, I know, for I have experienced it perhaps twice in my life, an awful privilege to be too much loved and perhaps the kindest thing I ever did in my life was never to let Matthew know to what degree he had destroyed my peace and my happiness.”
Stephen Fry (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The significance of the disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process.”
Dov Weisglas (born 1946) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: about the Israel leaving Gaza, https://www.haaretz.com/2004-10-06/ty-article/top-pm-aide-gaza-plan-aims-to-freeze-the-peace-process/0000017f-e56c-dea7-adff-f5ff1fc40000
“I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.”
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) said by 1851 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one’s self; order is power.”
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 15 December [1859]
“I have endeavored to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Noble the house was, nor seemed built for war, But rather like the work of other days, When men, in better peace than now they are, Had leisure on the world around to gaze, And noted well the past times' changing ways; And fair with sculptured stories it was wrought, By lapse of time unto dim ruin brought.”
William Morris (1834–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]his has been the condition of Israel for 40 years now. Not so extreme, not so dramatic, but we have always lived under a constant threat. Ever since the creation of this nation, we've never had a single day of a full-scale peace. We have always lived on edge.”
Amos Oz (1939–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]e must recognise a new threat to the peace of the nations, indeed to the very fabric of society. We have seen in the last few years the growth of a cult of political violence, preached and practised not so much between states as within them. It is a sombre thought but it may be that in the 1970s civil war, not war between nations, will be the main danger we will face.”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[I]ncreasingly the use of violence has become not the last resort of the desperate, but the first resort of those whose simple unconstructive aim is anarchy. That we must all surely resist. Anarchy is not a prescription for peace, justice and progress. It achieves nothing but the suffering of innocent men and women.”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations (23 October 1970), quoted in The Times (24 October 1970), p. 5
“If we can't get along we oughta be apart And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold, cold heart Set me free - sign my release I'm tired of being the villain of the peace”
Mark Knopfler (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can see what you're looking to find In the smile on my face In my peace of mind In my state of grace I send what I can To the man from the ministry He's a part of heaven's plan And he talks to me Now I send what I can to the man With the diamond ring”
Mark Knopfler (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With the cry I wake;—and around me The mother and child at her feet Breathe peace in even whispers; And the night falls heavy and sweet.”
Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897) said by 1897 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have to find my peace 'cause no-one seems to let me be, False prophets cry of doom, what are the possibilities? I told my brothers 'There'll be problem times and tears for fears, We must live each day like it's the last, Go with it, go with it, jam!”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as there's hate in your heart, there'll be hate in the world. You can't fight for peace and you cannot capture freedom.”
Charles Manson (1934–2017) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview track from Charles Manson Sings (2006)
“We are the authorities on getting people off drugs. We are the authorities on the mind. We are the authorities on improving conditions. Criminon (sic). We can rehabilitate criminals. We can bring peace and unite cultures.”
Tom Cruise (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The notion that God was everywhere put paid to any possible peace of mind by the time I was six.”
Tom Baker (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think we need to continue working hard on developing a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East... unfortunately things are not going in the right direction right now. We need to understand that without comprehensive peace in the Middle East, we have no security.”
Mohamed ElBaradei (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to suggest that we should perhaps change direction in our efforts to bring about world peace. Up to now all the effort has been put into resolving speciﬁc conﬂicts: India–Pakistan, North–South Ireland, various African wars, Balkan wars, Russia–Chechnya, Israel–Arab, etc., etc. I’d like to suggest that we should shift emphasis and study war in general.”
Robert Aumann (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Orwellian is an overused adjective, but here it applies. In 1948 Orwell said watch the language because it becomes turned inside out. In Nineteen Eighty-Four love meant hate, war meant peace and on campus today diversity means enforced conformity.”
George Will (born 1941) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Real Time With Bill Maher New Rule: Education, S19E26 Episode 576, HBO (September 10, 2021)
“The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.”
William Beveridge (1879–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in right, dignity and self-respect. Consequently we have a special and very deep sense of unity.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broadcast Talk to the People of Australia, 19 February, 1948
“The weak and the defenceless, in this imperfect world, invite aggression from others. The best way in which we can serve the cause of peace is by removing the temptation from the path of those who think that we are weak and, therefore, they can bully or attack us. That temptation can only be removed if we make ourselves so strong that nobody dares entertain any aggressive designs against us.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address at the time of launching ceremony of PNS 'Dilawar' on (23 January 1948)
“The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broadcast to the people of Australia (19 February 1948)
“Having the foresight to plan to earn a living, is half of the peace and leisure in life.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source