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“Q: Babji, if you had only two words to say to the people of the world, what would they be? A: Attain Peace.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: March 31, 2017
“Peace for Paris”
Jean Jullien (born 1983) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter posting of "Peace for Paris" (13 November 2015)
“This is what I do, I draw, I reacted graphically, just drawing something spontaneously with pen and paper and then sharing it as a raw reaction. With so much violence and tragedy — we just want a bit of peace.”
Jean Jullien (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting.”
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Islamic State releases 'al-Baghdadi message'", BBC (14 May 2015)
“I just want to swing a few lefts and a few rights for a couple of hundred mill in peace.”
Conor McGregor (born 1988) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter post (29 October 2015)
“If there’s pleasure in action, there’s peace in stillness.”
Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It doesn’t matter what our out-dated, hate-filled, prejudicial doctrines and man-made mythologies might have said. There is no such thing as a ‘religion of peace’. Religion only knows how to react violently because they don’t understand reason and have never practiced tolerance. That’s why secular humanist diplomats will be necessary in order to end wars and other violations of human rights.”
Aron Ra (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rush of events in the Soviet Union, Germany, eastern Europe and China in the late 1980s and the very early 1990s had no parallel in modern history. During the last thousand years no other formidable empire in a time of comparative peace had been dissolved so quickly, so unexpectedly, as the Soviet Union.”
Geoffrey Blainey (born 1930) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Short History of the Twentieth Century (2005)
“Why did nations turn so often to war in the belief that it was a sharp and quick instrument for shaping international affairs when again and again the instrument had proved to be blunt or unpredictable? This recurring optimism is a vital prelude to war. Anything which increases the optimism is a cause of war. Anything which dampens that optimism is a cause of peace.”
Geoffrey Blainey (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We were playing with leaves shaped like butterflies. Raymond limped from the ashes of the old schoolhouse and threw himself on top of a high pile of dirt. The dust rose in clouds around him, clinging to the lapels of his khaki uniform. (beginning of "The Missing Peace")”
Edwidge Danticat (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The relative peace of the last sixty years has been achieved only at the price of creating a university system which is an established church in all but name, and which suppresses any thought it finds even remotely disturbing.”
Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In any conflict between X and Y, there are three paths to peace. X can prevail, Y can prevail, or X and Y can agree to leave the battle lines where they are now.”
Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The mystery of pacifism", Unqualified Reservations (July 1, 2007).
“Unless you are one hundred and seven years old and a veteran of the Austrian Landwehr, you probably associate democracy with peace, freedom, progress, and prosperity. Since I associate democracy with war, tyranny, destruction and poverty, we certainly have something to talk about.”
Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Democracy as an adaptive fiction", Unqualified Reservations (July 25, 2007).
“It is time to think about the future, and how this ongoing conflict will breed further hate, violence and terror across the world. How can we fight the ideological battle, if we do not chart the way forward towards Palestinian-Israeli peace? Our countries, united, must provide the momentum and chart the way forward towards a final, comprehensive settlement.”
Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And who will bring white peace That he may sleep upon his hill again?”
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They spoke, I think, of perils past. They spoke, I think, of peace at last. One thing I remember: Spring came on forever, Spring came on forever, Said the Chinese nightingale.”
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a person cannot solve a conflict with a friend, how can they possibly contribute to larger efforts for peace? If we refuse to speak to a friend because we project our anxieties onto an email they wrote, how are we going to welcome refugees, immigrants, and the homeless into our communities? The values required for social repair are the same values required for personal repair.”
Sarah Schulman (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Part of peace-making is acknowledging that we can’t know everything about ourselves, and sometimes we reveal things to others that we are not ready to accept.”
Sarah Schulman (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The police are often the least likely people to be able to solve problems, to think in nuanced ways about emotional pain and its projections, and as a result are not the people we need help from if we are interested in creating peace.”
Sarah Schulman (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the Union needs my poor support, in peace or in war, I induge the hope that I shall not fail in the performance of any duty which may be required me. At any rate, I hope not to fall behind that class of men who are, on all occasions, blurting their devotion to the Union into the unwilling ears of the country.”
Henry Wilson (1812–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a prime minister representing all Malaysians and to maintain peace and harmony.”
Anwar Ibrahim (born 1947) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anwar Ibrahim (2022) cited in: "Anwar Ibrahim appointed, sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th prime minister" in Benar News, 24 November 2022.
“Under my administration, Malaysia will remain steadfast in the struggle to end the suffering and to restore peace and freedom to Palestine.”
Anwar Ibrahim (born 1947) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anwar Ibrahim (2022) cited in: "Anwar: We will continue to fight for the Palestinian people" in New Straits Times, 19 December 2022.
“Maybe I sound like some Victorian who felt that forty years ought to be enough for any man, but one of the marks of a live well lived has to be reaching a state of finally getting it, of not needing more, and of being able to sign off with something approaching peace of mind.”
David Rakoff (1964–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagining what will have to happen before the Western commentariat begins taking Korean nationalism seriously is an instructive exercise. I thought the two leaders’ trip to Mount Paektu on September 20 might do the trick. But foreigners are still talking only of Moon’s peace-minded pragmatism and Kim’s desire for security guarantees and investment.”
Brian Reynolds Myers (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Violence is in the mind and on the hearts of our [Central African Republic] population for many, many years. The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon.”
Catherine Samba-Panza (born 1954) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted on GWToday, "Leader of the Central African Republic in Roundtable at GW", March 2, 2016.
“The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon”
Catherine Samba-Panza (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women fight for peace, Samba-Panza says, because of their intimate experience of giving life.”
Catherine Samba-Panza (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace is the ultimate achievement to realize in life.”
Suman Pokhrel (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have already made it clear that there is an atmosphere of complete peace in the country. This country has never been intolerant and won’t be so in the future too.”
Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the allegations of religious intolerance in India, as quoted in "There’s complete peace in country, no intolerance: Arun Jaitley ", Hindustan Times (3 November 2015)
“Grant's famous motto, "Let us have peace", adorns the entrance to his tomb in New York City. Brands rightly emphasizes that this was a call not simply for national reconciliation but also for consolidation of what had been won in the war. Union and emancipation. By the time Grant died, the first was secure. It took a long time for the nation to try once again to fulfill the promise of the second.”
Eric Foner (born 1943) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace" (2 November 2012), The New York Times
“O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great With empty pageantries!”
Elijah Fenton (1683–1730) said by 1730 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Roman! be thine the sovereign arts of sway; Nobly to rule, and make the world obey: Give peace its laws; respect the prostrate foe: Abase the lofty, and exalt the low.”
Charles Symmons (1749–1826) first seen 1134 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book VI, lines 1134–1137
“I'd love to see the whole of your sex swimming in a sea of blood. The way I feel I could drink out of your skull. I could eat your heart roasted whole! You think I'm weak! My father will come home - find his money stolen! He'll send for the sheriff - and I'll tell him everything. Then there'll be peace and quiet ... forever.”
August Strindberg (1849–1912) first seen 1888 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Julie in Miss Julie (1888)
“We need to strategize how we can live in a world beyond nukes, because there will never be peace as long as these weapons exist.”
Abby Martin (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The artist and the poet have the facility for mistaking pure languor for meditative peace and strength. True meditation "rests" in swiftness.”
Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s time to move past lesser evil & fight for the greater good like our lives depend on it, because they DO. We can create an America & a world that works for all of us, & puts people, planet & peace over profit. The power to create that world is in our hands. Let’s get to work!”
Jill Stein (born 1950) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (5 February 2019)
“Deep gratitude to all who fearlessly speak truth to power in these times of widespread deceit. If war can be started by lies, maybe peace can be started by truth. Keep using your voice to make sure the truth gets out.”
Jill Stein (born 1950) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter Post (22 Dec 2018)
“Stress ruthlessly puts out your dreams and robs you of your happiness. It can destroy your health, lead to tensions at home and ruin your career plans. It strikes when you are not at peace or uncomfortable with aspects of your life – and pretty much anything can bring it on.”
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To really die for your country you become a hero. He was most impressed by the King dream for peace and human rights and that is my dream for Rwanda.”
Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m for everyone. I want every one to be a child of God. I want both sides to have peace.”
Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our Western European friends, who are tired of enlargement, must frankly admit that there will be no peace in Europe without the full EU integration of the Balkans. We must therefore enlarge the European Union, and must first of all admit the key state, Serbia.”
Viktor Orbán (born 1963) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the 28th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp (Tusnádfürdő, 22 July 2017)
“It is my view and hope that Israel will have our continued support. I wish it every success. Of course, what Israel regards as success is up to it to decide. But for friends like me, "success" means a secure Israel at peace with neighbors who recognize and respect its existence. Even so, we should maintain our special relationship and help Israel keep its qualitative military edge.”
Merrill McPeak (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is about a deterrence effect to stop the Syrian regime targeting their own civilians. I think it would be enforceable from the Mediterranean using US French and UK military capability already out there. It would mean the aerial bombardment of Syrian civilians would stop, and it would create space for peace talks.”
Jo Cox (1974–2016) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking on BBC Daily Politics show — UK 'should enforce Syria no-fly zone even if Russia vetoes UN resolution' (12 October 2015)
“If four years of continuous vicious conflict have taught us anything, it is that the current regime is no longer capable of bringing peace and stability to Syria.”
Jo Cox (1974–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus at Home happy, oft fond Youth complain, And Peace and Plenty with soft Beds disdain. But when in Forrein War Death seals his Eys, His Birth-place he remembers e'r he Dies.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have to watch your step with women these days, Pops. She could be involved with Yakuza or something. Even some of the girls in my class -- you should hear the stuff they talk about. Fifteen years old, and there's nothing they don't know. We're not in the age of Peace and Love anymore.”
Ryu Murakami (1952–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must stand up for the right of everyone, no matter what their religion, to practise their faith in peace.”
Theresa May (born 1956) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theresa May calls for an end to persecution of Christians in Easter message, Daily Mirror (21 April 2019).
“I would like to stress that any terrorist activity, no matter who does it and for what purpose, is the greatest blow to peace, democracy, humanity, and all religious values. For this reason, no one—and certainly no Muslims – can approve of any terrorist activity.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For the sake of worldwide efforts to restore peace in turbulent times, as well as to safeguard the future of democracy in the Middle East, the United States must not accommodate an autocrat who is turning a failed putsch into a slow-motion coup of his own against constitutional government.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My hope is that Turkish intellectuals will raise their voices and stand in solidarity with all the victims of oppression, and that people of law will not compromise on the principles of universal law by ignoring political pressures. May God Almighty take us out of this dark period as soon as possible and lead this blessed homeland to days of peace and safety.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source