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“We all know that the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, Ankara and Istanbul have nothing to do either with Islam, which brought peace and mercy to humanity, or with Muhammad, prophet of compassion, or the Quran.”
Mehmet Görmez (born 1959) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Terror unrelated to Islam, Turkey’s top cleric says (April 10, 2016)
“I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. But in the name of Almighty God, I forbid you to hurt my people whether clerk or lay.”
Thomas Becket (1119–1171) said by 1171 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will pick up the threads from the visit of the president of Pakistan. We will increasingly endeavor to revise the vision of the relationship of peace, friendship and cooperation with Pakistan.”
Jaswant Singh (1938–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This summit has set the tone for future relations with Pakistan, ... The caravan of peace has continued its march and on some auspicious day it will reach its destination.”
Jaswant Singh (1938–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and peace.”
Rhonda Byrne (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chad is a haven of peace in a stormy ocean. Strikes and demonstrations are normal in any democracy. Europe should not be too impatient with the young democracies in Africa. You must give us the time to progress at our own pace. We have already come a long way, we have caught with you and are now on the same level in terms of democracy.”
Idriss Déby (1952–2021) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Idriss Déby (2016) cited in: "Idriss Deby: 'Crises in Africa come from outside'" in DW, 14 October 2016.
“We know that a world without nuclear weapons does not automatically make for peace. We have to make many efforts toward renewal, to recreate the human spirit by insisting on the importance of the practice of love taught and showed by Jesus Christ.”
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (born 1946) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Japanese Bishop calls for peace on 76th anniversary of Nagasaki bombing (9 August 2021)
“That servant who is claimant of Divine knowledge but seeks peace in other than God, is entrapped in severe affliction. But when comely he seeks forgiveness of the Almighty, his affliction is eliminated.”
Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ethics is the essence of worldly dealings. If you are ethical but do not have a lot of money, you will still have peace of mind and if you are unethical but have a lot of money, you will be miserable.”
Dada Bhagwan (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gnostic gets peace after annihilation in Him.”
Sari al-Saqati (772–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sultry summer past, September comes, Soft twilight of the soft-declining year. All mildness, soothing loneliness and peace, The fading season ere the falling come.”
Carlos Wilcox (1794–1827) said by 1827 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“MakhayaMaseko’s quest is to find inner peace of mind by a constructive engagement with the social world and in the world of GolemaMmidi, these desires are offered fulfilment”
Bessie Head (1937–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace.” Gerbert rolled the word on his tongue. “Is that what it is? I’d been calling it happiness.”
Judith Tarr (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A person without hope is doomed to failure, and one of the great gifts God has given us is the gift of faith, which tells us about his love for us and our love for him. Because of that faith, there is this great hope. Jesus validated this by his resurrection. No matter how difficult life can be, there is the ultimate hope for salvation and peace in the Resurrection.”
Adam Maida (born 1930) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For Cardinal Maida, a Time to Recollect (February 6, 2009)
“Every day, at the moment when things get edgy, we can just ask ourselves, “Am I going to practice peace, or am I going to war?”
Pema Chödrön (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will contribute who I am. I deeply believe in the beauty of the Church of Montreal, of its diversity, of its expressions, and of its culture. It is our mission to strive for reconciliation and peace. I believe that that's what the people need.”
Alain Faubert (born 1965) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inside the Heart of a Bishop (April 27, 2016)
“The biggest thing we have built is not just cities, airports, or infrastructure—it is a society where people from all backgrounds coexist in the heart of the Middle East in peace and harmony.”
Mohammad Al Gergawi (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace is the source of well-being and prosperity, and is, therefore, the goal of all political action.”
Ivan Pereira (born 1964) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop appeals for dialogue, peace in Kashmir (August 2019)
“What I've realized is that, especially in Los Angeles, a lot of people are on some kind of path, even if they're not completely conscious of it. I've sort of always been on a path to find more peace, more security within myself. I've always felt like I needed something to help me feel better.”
Lauren Tom (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unfortunately, it’s in human nature to be aggressive, destroy each other and make war… I wish this wasn’t the case, even though I would have to sacrifice the band. I’d rather sacrifice the band and have world-wide peace, that would be a good thing. Unfortunately, people kill each other, there is war in the world, and we sing about them when they become history.”
Pär Sundström (born 1981) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Pär Sundstrom (Sabaton) (October 21, 2012)
“Great things have happened this past year. We (Government of Israel) need to continue the development that started with the Abraham Accords, to work to strengthen the peace with the Gulf States, with Egypt and with Jordan. We will work to sign agreements with more countries in the region and beyond. It's a process; it won't happen in a day. But the Foreign Ministry will coordinate those efforts.”
Yair Lapid (born 1963) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As cited in "Lapid to take lead over Bennett on foreign ties, peace with Arab states", The Jerusalem Post (14 June 2021).
“Peace doesn't come through hope, prayer or time; we have to reach out and grasp what is within reach.”
Garry Davis (1921–2013) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Garry Davis Cult, Life (Jan 24, 1949)
“It’s important for us to think both about living healthy lives and promoting fraternity. Peace and sports can go together because sports teach us to be united. In his message to the world before the World Cup, Pope Francis said nobody should be alone in sports or in life. On a bigger scale, for our world to be a better place, countries also need to be united.”
Orani João Tempesta (born 1950) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Conversation with Rio's Cardinal on the Pope, the Poor, Peace & Sports (July 12, 2014)
“I wish to God I knew. That would give clarity. That would give me some type of peace about it”
Jonathan Majors (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a man of faith therefore a bearer of hope. All is not lost. With the help of the international community peace can still be saved.”
John Baptist Odama (born 1947) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I am confident that peace talks between the government and the rebels will continue” says Catholic Archbishop of Odama of Gulu diocese in northern Uganda (28 February 2007) Fides News Agency
“Certainly, it is my conviction and belief that, peace project is God's project. He only employs us as workers in the field; therefore we have to be attentive to listen through the word of God and Scripture and the Social teaching of the Church. It is the re-echoing the voice of God.”
John Baptist Odama (born 1947) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Let Us Avoid Escalating Violence’ Uganda’s peace advocate speaks Interview: Archbishop John Baptist Odama (Uganda) (3 July 2008)
“Be at peace; place everything on my shoulders. I will take care of it. I give my penitents only small penances because I do the rest myself.”
Leopold Mandić (1866–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To his penitents. Quoted in "An important anniversary to celebrate", The Malta Independent (20 August 2017).
“To make peace requires courage, much more so than to make war. Courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict; yes to dialogue and no to violence; yes to negotiation and no to hostility, yes to the observance of pacts and no to provocations; yes to sincerity and no to duplicity”
Dionisio Lachovicz (born 1946) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Greek Catholics face hostility amid unrest in Ukraine (August 29, 2014)
“Maybe I feel more sexual and you come to realise that you don’t need to be a particular shape to be sexy. If we allow ourselves this lens—and not just women, but men—to understand that sexuality is so much a part of our lives in all the different degrees and forms, then we will all feel at peace with it.”
Tan Kheng Hua (born 1963) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tan Kheng Hua opens up about romance, sexuality and Asian representation in Hollywood" in Vogue (27 September 2020)
“I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts, that is my special key. I can use my unique martial arts in the film. But after a few years, I really want to do something different... like using martial arts to talk about peace.”
Jet Li (born 1963) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Jet Li Interview Transcript in CNN (January 29, 2003)
“Locals have the right to live in peace. Let these young outlaws who abandoned God come to their senses.”
Hanna Rahmé (born 1960) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maronite bishop stopped at gunpoint in a country where anarchy reigns (August 12, 2015)
“As I said in my opening statement, I want to protect the homeland, I want to bring peace of mind, I want to bring confidence back to the agency. I’m not going to be the smartest guy in any room I walk into, but I know how to get talent and I know how to bring those people together.”
Markwayne Mullin (born 1977) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sen. Rand Paul confronts Sen. Markwayne Mullin at heated DHS confirmation hearing CBS News (March 18, 2026)
“There's this great mystery that I cannot understand — of how God decided He wanted to use me to try to be a witness to His love, to the importance of justice in our world, to the fact that the only way to true peace is when we all live and are striving to be just. That is what I've been trying to do for these past 50 years.”
John R. Gaydos (1943–2025) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Emeritus Gaydos: 50 years a priest (20 December 2018)
“The Pope teaches us that dialogue between religions is an important instrument for building peace. Our country has people of some 130 different ethnic groups, 60% Muslim. We need to cultivate dialogue and communion.”
Tomasz Peta (born 1951) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dialogue Between Religions is a Path for Peace: Interreligious Meeting in the Heart of Asia, Kazakhstan a Bridge Between East and West (22 September 2003) Fides News Agency
“An unduly unfair peace cannot be lasting and sustainable. I want to end this conflict, and we must find a solution which which will be fair.”
Robert Kocharyan (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in an 2021 interview with Vladimir Pozner in "Robert Kocharyan: An unfair peace can not be lasting and sustainable" in Hyetert.org (6 April 2021)
“Christ gave the message of love to the world and preached brotherhood, and that all are children of God and hence we must treat each other as brothers and sisters. Christmas is the most awaited Holy period in the calendar for the followers of Christ. Christmas means the celebration of God's incredible love towards mankind. God sent his Son to the mankind to spread the message of peace and love.”
Lawrence Mukkuzhy (born 1951) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sauhardha Christmas 2016 spreads ‘Love, Peace and Harmony” (11 December 2016)
“In Korea, to step down from the presidency is to step down from politics. But I thought about what it means to step down. I hope that means a free man. From even before I entered politics, all I wanted was to be a free man. Another thing is that I will now be able to watch the news on TV with peace of mind.”
Roh Moo-hyun (1946–2009) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun" in CNN (10 December 2007)
“In recent years, we have successfully entered the age of information and knowledge, evolving from an agricultural community through the age of industrialisation. Today, however, we are at a historical turning point. We are at a crossroad of having to decide whether to take off or retreat; to move towards peace or tension.”
Roh Moo-hyun (1946–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“History now gives us another calling. It is none other than putting an end to the history of divisiveness and opening an age of national unity. It is also to build a springboard to overcome the age of national division and usher in a new age of national unification for peace and prosperity. I am going to work with every citizen to carry out that historic mission.”
Roh Moo-hyun (1946–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After everything that happened in Syria, we were those who established peace in Syria, from those who had the main influence on the situation in this country, defeated terrorism, starting an operation when Damascus controlled that 18 per cent of Syrian territory, and today in fact more than 90 per cent, then, naturally, they [the West] began to say that "Russia is behaving somehow wrong in Syria.”
Sergei Shoigu (born 1955) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an Interview with the Tengrinews.kz" (March 16, 2021)
“We must have the vision so that peace should not be punitive in spirit and should not be provincial or nationalistic or even continental in concept; but universal in scope and humanitarian in action, for modern science has so annihilated distance that what affects one people must of necessity affect all others.”
Soong Mei-ling (1898–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shall have faith, that, at the writing of peace, America and our other gallant Allies will not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent reasons of expediency.”
Soong Mei-ling (1898–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our top priority is to maintain regional stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait and beyond. It is not a matter only for Taiwan but a common issue for the interests of other regional stakeholders.”
Hsiao Bi-khim (born 1971) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: U.S. sees Taiwan as democratic partner amid ever deepening relationship" in The Dong-A Ilbo (6 August 2021)
“Of course, I would like to go down in history as the man who brought peace.”
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thieu Asks an Invasion of North If Paris Peace Negotiations Fail" in The New York Times (14 January 1973)
“When you negotiate with the Communists, you shouldn't fix a deadline. You must not tell them that you want to repatriate the prisoners as soon as possible, to bring peace as soon as possible, otherwise they exploit you. Be patient. One must be patient with the Communists, more patient than they are.”
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thieu Asks an Invasion of North If Paris Peace Negotiations Fail" in The New York Times (14 January 1973)
“Yes, I'm a military man, and as a military man I say that if peace fails and we want to end this war, we must bring the war to North Vietnam. In all possible ways, including landing.”
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thieu Asks an Invasion of North If Paris Peace Negotiations Fail" in The New York Times (14 January 1973)
“In the 21st century, there is a tendency to blur the distinction between the state of war and peace. Wars are no longer declared, and once they have begun, they do not proceed according to the pattern we are accustomed to.”
Valery Gerasimov (born 1955) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ценность науки в предвидении" (26 February 2013)
“For the peace of the world, for a connected and developed world, let’s shake hands. We shall develop together and contribute to global stability.”
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vietnam’s history holds lessons for Trump and Kim ahead of summit, PM says" in CNN (26 February 2019)
“We don’t forget our past, our history, but we need (closure) in order to look to the future. We need such mutual understanding to build our nations in peace, to better solve the problems in the lives of our citizens.”
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vietnam’s history holds lessons for Trump and Kim ahead of summit, PM says" in CNN (26 February 2019)
“Millions of Vietnamese died throughout years of resistance wars to protect the country, our independence and freedom. More than ever, we value peace, based on mutual respect for each others’ independence and sovereignty.”
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vietnam’s history holds lessons for Trump and Kim ahead of summit, PM says" in CNN (26 February 2019)