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“The Art of Peace is the principle of nonresistance. Because it is nonresistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. The Art of Peace is invincible because it contends with nothing.”
Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They have not wanted Peace at all; they have wanted to be spared war — as though the absence of war was the same as peace.”
Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Record", Ladies Home Journal (May 1958)
“Today in Germany the winner of the last Nobel peace prize is considered a traitor, and to attend any peace meeting would make one a candidate for a concentration camp. Today in Italy there is only one morality: the power and glory of Italy. Today in Russia all children are brought up to despise and hate 'the class enemy.'”
Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed… The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations… the goal of this violence is the elimination of Zionism from Palestine in all its political, economic and military aspects… We don’t want peace, we want victory. Peace for us means Israel’s destruction and nothing else.”
Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in the Washington Post (29 March 1970)
“The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland (17 June 2013)
“Our scientists will keep collaborating with yours in fields like nanotechnology and clean energy and health care that make our lives better and fuel economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic –- because progress is essential to peace. And because knowledge and understanding is essential to peace, we will keep investing in programs that enrich both of us ….”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland (17 June 2013)
“It is not in our interest to govern you. We would like you to govern yourselves in your own country. A democratic Palestinian state with territorial contiguity in Judea and Samaria and economic viability, which would conduct normal relations of tranquility, security and peace with Israel. Abandon the path of terror and let us together stop the bloodshed. Let us move forward together towards peace.”
Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Fourth Herzliya Conference, December 18, 2003; cited in: Terje Rød-Larsen, ‎Fabrice Aidan, ‎Nur Laiq (2014), The Search for Peace in the Arab-Israeli Conflict. p. 373
“What is at at stake now is the peace of the world. What we are striving for is a new international order based upon broad and universal principles of right and justice, — no mere peace of shreds and patches.”
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) said by 1924 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To achieve this objective of regional peace and stability, Malaysia, together with her partners in ASEAN, declared their resolve to make Southeast Asia a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN).”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“America works for peace. We work for freedom. We work for a world in which men can have peace and can also have freedom and can worship their God, not a godless state. So in this work I am sure that all Americans and all free men everywhere whatever their faith, welcome and are grateful for the leadership being offered so forcefully by His Holiness Pope Paul.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...'world peace' imposed by a dominant power assisted by a few partners is unlikely... only world peace driven by a recognition of the threat to everyone's survival is the most likely source of salvation...”
Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Time, The Answers Issue (July 2015), p. 49.
“Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.”
Sean Hannity (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Please be at peace father, I'm at peace with you, bitterness isn't worth clinging to, after all the anguish we've all been through.”
Mariah Carey (born 1969) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sunflowers For Alfred Roy", Charmbracelet, 2002. Dedicated to Carey’s father, Alfred Roy
“Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.”
Hillel the Elder (101 BC–100) said by 100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Europe and the world are spending hundreds of millions perfecting the mechanism of slaughter. Pacts of peace, covenants, treaties galore, all fixed on bayonets, and the biting steel is gleaming through it. Women must put an end to that... You cannot trust men altogether, not where fighting is concerned... The woman is the maker of peace.”
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to a Liberal "Women of Britain" Demonstration in the Albert Hall (9 May 1929), quoted in The Times (10 May 1929), p. 9
“Mexicans: let us now pledge all our efforts to obtain and consolidate the benefits of peace. Under its auspices, the protection of the laws and of the authorities will be sufficient for all the inhabitants of the Republic. May the people and the government respect the rights of all. Between individuals, as between nations, peace means respect for the rights of others.”
Benito Juárez (1806–1872) said by 1872 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Global History, Volume Two : The Industrial Revolution to the Age of Globalization (2008) by Jerry Weiner, Mark Willner, George A. Hero and Bonnie-Anne Briggs, p. 175
“Peace-or-war, not cost-of-living, was the most important issue at the election. He did not believe that peace with Stalin would be easy to achieve. Some delegates seemed to think it was all a matter of “getting together with Joe.” Had they forgotten their Marxism, and its interpretation of history. That was what they were dealing with, not Uncle Joe.”
James Callaghan (1912–2005) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference in Scarborough (2 October 1951), quoted in The Times (3 October 1951), p. 7
“A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.”
Natan Sharansky (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.”
Henry van Dyke (1852–1933) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Price of Peace (December 28, 1916).
“Christ came here for spiritual reasons, not secular war and boundaries and geography. And yet, we are now dedicating so much of our aggressive activity in the name of God, but God, he is the Prince of Peace. That is what I see from my God and through Christ. I vote for peace.”
Ron Paul (born 1935) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Values Voter Presidential Debate, September 17, 2007 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hCKZmkF0VU
“There is no way to peace; peace is the way.”
A. J. Muste (1885–1967) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Debasing Dissent" in The New York Times (16 November 1967), p. 46; later quoted as "There is no way to peace, peace is the only way." in The Peasant's Revolt : McCarthy 1968 (1969) by William P. McDonald a…
“We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life. Disarmament cannot be achieved nor can the problem of war be resolved without being accompanied by profound changes in the economic order and the structure of society.”
A. J. Muste (1885–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Our Generation Against Nuclear War (1983) by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos.
“Are you trying to talk peace terms?” “I’ve given that up,” said Makhno. “It doesn’t appear to work. You mention peace and everyone tries to shoot you or jail you.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“„…there will be no peace in the tormented world, only a programmed and systematic series of wars and calamities—until the plotters have gained their objective: an exhausted world willing to submit to a planned Marxist economy and total and meek enslavement— in the name of peace.”
Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ceremony of the Innocent: A novel", first edition Doubleday, 1976, p. 218
“The American elite does not have any real image of peace — other than as an uneasy interlude existing precariously by virtue of the balance of mutual fright. The only seriously accepted plan for peace is the full loaded pistol. In short, war or a high state of war-preparedness is felt to be the normal and seemingly permanent condition of the United States.”
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I laugh just a little bit Maybe I can forget the chance That I didn’t have to know you And live in peace, in peace”
Cat Stevens (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even many Christians who have been raised and indoctrinated in a secular mindset … will say, 'Look, we're just going to have to accept the science of the day and try to make our peace with it theologically.' … And there is no peace theologically … ultimately with this view [Darwinian evolution]. But they accept it. And so, this idea of intelligent design becomes very threatening.”
William A. Dembski (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now in the 1980's, a moment of history and a sense of hope call your generation to work as great as any that has gone before -- the work of peace. The challenge comes with special warning now because the danger has become so present and so clear. The difference each of you can make, if all of you try, may mean the difference between peace and war, between a just society and a garrison state.”
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address at Brown University (4 June 1983)
“Conservatives believe in peace through strength. Liberals believe in peace through cooperation and good will.”
Mike Rosen (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.”
John Buchan (1875–1940) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pilgrim's Way (1940), p. 117
“We gave them 42% of the land. Did we get 42% of peace? Did we even get 20% of peace?”
Dov Weisglas (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It turns out that the Romans were champs in making peace. Their motto was that if you want to make peace, you need to prepare for war. They knew game theory.”
Robert Aumann (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address in Lahore (15 August 1947)
“We who advocate peace are becoming an irrelevance when we speak peace. The government speaks rubber bullets, live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and death.”
Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Sunday Times Magazine (8 June 1986).
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) said by 1471 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“. . . all our peace in this sad life lieth in humble suffering rather than in not feeling adversities. He who best knoweth how to suffer shall possess the most peace;”
Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) said by 1471 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of men and women, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Council of the Union of Democratic Control re-affirms its unshaken conviction that a lasting settlement cannot be secured by a peace based upon the right of conquest and followed by commercial war, but only by a peace which gives just consideration to the claims of nationality, and which lays the foundation of a real European partnership.”
Norman Angell (1872–1967) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Union of Democratic Control (10 October 1916)
“There are moments when my mind misses a beat. I find myself, in mid-step or mid-breath, feeling as if delivered abruptly into my body after a long absence (spent where, I could not say), or a long, dreamless sleep. I lose not my memory, merely my thread. My attention has inexplicably wandered, but a little calm introspection restores my context and brings me peace. Almost peace.”
Greg Egan (born 1961) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mind Vampires, published in Interzone (Winter 1986)
“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us — avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
Petrarch (1304–1374) first seen 1346 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De vita solitaria (1346) as quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing‎ (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 144
“[Pitt] said he could not allow what I said; that either we were in a situation to receive the law or to give it; that he thought the latter was our case; that therefore it was our business to propose the terms and tell France on what conditions they were to have peace; that it was so at the Peace of Utrecht and it would be absurd to act otherways.”
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778) first seen 1759 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in the Duke of Devonshire's diary (22 April 1761), Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759–1762 (1982), p.…
“[Pitt] said he would not come into it; that he thought this country in a situation to give peace to France, and if we were at first firm in our proceedings and did not yield to France, we should soon have a very good peace.”
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778) first seen 1759 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to the Council (27 April 1761), quoted in Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759–1762 (1982), p. 97
“The God of Peace, the God of Truth will shortly seal this truth, and confirm this witness, and make it evident to the whole world, that the doctrine of persecution for cause of conscience, is most evidently and lamentably contrary to the doctrine of Christ Jesus the Prince of Peace. Amen.”
Roger Williams (theologian) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mackieson gave me the other day a buffalo hide whip from Africa called in those regions a Peace Maker and used as such in the households of chieftains. Our Peace Makers are our Armstrongs and Whitworths and our engineers.”
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Austen Henry Layard (23 October 1864), quoted in Jasper Ridley, Lord Palmerston (1970), p. 590
“Peace, peace is what I seek, and public calm, Endless extinction of unhappy hates.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) first seen 1858 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Merope (1858) l. 100 (, to )
“Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of "peace" as a "commune" — the traditional cell of Russian peasant life. I saw in that definition the people's profound understanding of peace as harmony, concord, mutual help, and cooperation. This understanding is embodied in the canons of world religions and in the works of philosophers from antiquity to our time.”
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.”
Patañjali (active around 201 BC) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a man of peace. I am longing and working and praying for peace, but I will not surrender the safety and security of the British constitution. You placed me in power eighteen months ago by the largest majority accorded to any party for many, many years. Have I done anything to forfeit that confidence? Cannot you trust me to ensure a square deal to secure even justice between man and man?”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on BBC radio on the General Strike (8 May 1926), as quoted in Baldwin : A Biography by Keith Middlemas and John Barnes (1969), p. 415
“My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.”
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) first seen 1878 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpt from Chamberlain's speech from the window of 10 Downing Street after returning from Munich (30 September 1938), having signed a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. This remark came back to haunt C…
“The British public is not anti-German at present but it would be opposed to any country which showed the intention of breaking the peace. A great many people in England think that French rigidity has helped Hitler's rise. People in England are neither pro-French nor anti-German. If they were finally convinced that Germany intended to break the peace, they would align themselves accordingly.”
Anthony Eden (1897–1977) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks to Maxim Litvinov in Moscow (29 March 1935), quoted in The Eden Memoirs: Facing the Dictators (1962), p. 152