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“I work a lot on environmental issues, ecology, justice, peace, equality ... because it seems important to show through caricature and humor, the imbalance that humans generate our actions.Cartoonists not fix the planet, but we propose starting points for other views.”
Elena Ospina wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The expansion of [Israeli] settlement and the arrest of activists does not make me optimistic about real peace anytime soon. Everyone suffers from this political stupidity.” Hani adds, “The problem in these situations is never the people—it’s always the leaders who guide policy.”
Hani Abbas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My missionary work will be one of removing darkness from the minds of people and enlightening them with the message of Christ. It will help them see the others as their own brothers and sisters, spread good feelings of cordiality, brotherhood and peace among people, even if they belong to different religions or castes. They will, in short, think of the other person or their neighbour as their own.”
Niranjan Sual Singh (born 1961) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop of Orissa: World Mission Day, against persecution and united in faith (19 October 2013) Asia News
“Sharing and being generous and opening the door to others is an Arab value and we are proud of it. The main thing that we share with our brother Muslims here is peace and security for Jordan. When we see what is happening in Syria and Iraq we pray to Almighty God to keep us safe and secure here.”
Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (born 1948) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop of Amman: Peace a shared value for Christians and Muslims (2013) Vatican Radio
“I am proud that I am the choice of the leaders of my own people and leaders of all those who understand how deeply the fight for peace is one and indivisible with the fight for Negro equality.”
Charlotta Bass (1874–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With the strength of our faith, I strongly condemn this persistent insecurity and call on the perpetrators of these acts to give peace a chance.”
Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo (1942–2021) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Give peace a chance,” Congolese Archbishop Over Insecurity in Lubumbashi (20 May 2020) ACIA Africa
“If you continue to stand idly by while my people vanish in a bloodbath, if you fail to act with conviction and resolve as you did in Rwanda, Chechen ghosts will stain your honour as surely as they do Russia’s. May God grant you the wisdom and vision to serve the cause of peace and justice.”
Aslan Maskhadov (1951–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You know we are all responsible for building peace in the world. Respond to blind violence and inhuman hatred with the extraordinary power of love. Forgive those who offend you. Do not let yourselves be dragged into manifestations of nationalism, racism and intolerance.”
Pedro López Quintana (born 1953) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dialogue and the extraordinary power of love, antidote to violence and hatred: Papal Nuncio visiting conflict torn states in north east India reminds Christians to be builders of peace (7 November 2005) Fides News Agency
“The Zionist movement, and the Israeli government, are the enemy of the left, the enemy of world peace, and they must be directly targeted.”
David Miller (sociologist) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Online meeting (29 July 2020), as cited in "MPs and peers call on Bristol University to condemn academic in antisemitism row", The Times (4 March 2021). The source is a non-paywalled archive reprint.
“Only in the constitutional way. I've had more than my share of war and have come to the conclusion that it doesn't resolve anything. Even the longest wars, lasting a hundred years, still end in peace talks. So why not talk right away and cut out the military fighting stage? There can't be a victor in the kinds of war they are waging now in the former Soviet Union, only throngs of defeated.”
Alexander Lebed (1950–2002) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Awaiting His Nation's Call: Russia's General Lebed" in TIME (27 February 1995)
“Many Cuban Negroes curse the dawn of the Republic. Negroes were welcomed in the time of oppression, in the time of hardship, during the days of revolution, but in the days of peace and of white immigration they are deprived of positions, ostracized and made political outcasts. The Negro has done much for Cuba; Cuba has done nothing for the Negro.”
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: General Evaristo Estenoz" quoted in Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg by Vanessa K Valdés (2018)
“The Jewish artist in me feels displaced. I want to have time to write, to create literature which expands our notion of our Jewishness, which might in turn give us rest and inspire us to keep on with our peace work. But I don't make time for it. I remain focused on Israel and the Occupied Territories, where the situation is worsening.”
Irena Klepfisz (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On May Day we salute the Soviet Union – land of socialism – land of peace and plenty, the great ideal of labor since time immemorial, the cooperative commonwealth of all who toil.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace and socialism is in the hearts, in the minds, on the lips of millions around the world May First, 1941. The “sun of tomorrow” shines upon us. The future is ours.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In all my long life. ... I never expected that I would go to jail for books, and not even whole books but scraps and pieces, and if I return to my normal life of the last forty-seven years, of working and speaking on unionism, democratic rights, the rights of the Negro people and of women, on peace and against fascism and war, and on socialism, what happens then, Your Honor?”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once the right to vote was achieved, women did not remain united as women, but divided into the existing political parties and other organizations as their views and interests dictated. The one common denominator of peace could, I believe, unite women once again, with a few exceptions.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the period of World War I a tremendous onslaught was made against the IWW, the Socialists, all Progressives in our country. There was a very strong peace movement at that time. It was not like World War II, which was an anti-Fascist war.”
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Call me thy foe in thy passion; claim me in peace for thy friend; Yet bethink thee by lowland and upland, wherever thou wiliest to wend, I am thine Angel of Judgment; mine eyes thou must meet in the end.”
Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) said by 1929 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quick to string his bow for vengeance; ready to bury the hatchet or smoke the pipe of peace; never was he first to break a treaty or known to betray a friend with whom he had eaten salt.”
Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’ve been spending too much money on armaments. We haven’t had any peace since World War II. We had troops in Korea, Vietnam, South American, Europe. We cannot continue to do that.”
Emma Tenayuca (1916–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe peace was the size of a teacup. (p226)”
Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Compulsory military training is conducive to waging wars rather than to the maintenance of peace.”
Rose Pesotta (1896–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rightfully, there have been outspoken demands by labor for a place at the peace table, to insure future amity among the world's nations and security for the working masses.”
Rose Pesotta (1896–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“there is a call to all peace-loving people-to rebuild our shattered world, set up indestructible barriers against war, and create a society based on equality and mutual aid, moving toward a more humane and abundant life.”
Rose Pesotta (1896–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, Russia has interests concerning the former Soviet republics on its borders, including Ukraine. These are the interests of peace and good neighborliness, a calm and dignified life for citizens, economic development, and cultural cooperation.”
Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Russian Communist leader: The West is backing fascists and using Ukraine" in People's World (16 February 2022)
“The cause of peace on our planet will always be under threat as long as the supporters of aggression have their hands on the sword. The time has come to fulfill the mission Russians know all too well by experience and firmly say “no” to any international war.”
Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Russian Communist leader: The West is backing fascists and using Ukraine" in People's World (16 February 2022)
“If Hitler wanted peace, he knew how to insure it; if he wanted war, he knew equally well what would bring it about. The choice lay with him, and in the end the entire responsibility for war was his.”
Nevile Henderson (1882–1942) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1940 in pg 227 of memoirs "Failure of a Mission" published in New York by G. P. Putnam’s Sons
“The peace process is the most important process that has surfaced since the establishment of the Jewish state. And we are now in its very midst.”
Ezer Weizman (1924–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are trying to achieve a peace that will propel us into the twenty-first century. But ancient Crusader maps hang on the wall, and ancient Biblical memories hover in the atmosphere, and primeval prophecies strive to fulfill themselves.”
Ezer Weizman (1924–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today's Israel, with its large influx of immigrants, its economic momentum, the peace accords, should and can reclaim its position as the predominant cultural center of the Jewish people.”
Ezer Weizman (1924–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before gay rights, before the Stonewall I was involved in the Black liberation movement, the peace movement. I felt I had the time and I knew that I had to do something. My revolutionary blood was going back then.”
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“hopes for peace: hand clasped in hand firmer than fist on a gun or club, hand raised in greeting stronger than hand raised for violence”
Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The form of work for peace which has most obviously made history is the long continued effort to create some form of world organization which should both prevent wars and foster international cooperation.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. Like a spring released from pressure would be the response of a generation of young men and women growing up in an atmosphere of friendliness and security, in a world demanding their service, offering them comradeship, calling to all adventurous and forward-reaching natures.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everywhere war puts out of sight the moderates and the forces that make for peace and gives an exaggerated influence to militaristic and jingo forces creating a false impression of the pressure for extreme terms.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the disinterested neutrals, who alone are free to act for peace, wait for a moment when neither side has any advantage they will wait long indeed.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the belligerents want peace, though probably with different intensity; none of them wants it enough to cry "I surrender.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A peace involving annexation of unwilling peoples could never be a lasting one.”
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“it is the stalemate on the ground that today can lead to peace negotiations and I think we should proudly claim the united and determined support for the Ukrainian people.”
Giorgia Meloni (born 1977) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ANSA/No security by dividing EU from U.S. says Meloni. ANSA (March 18, 2025).
“Although civil authorities do not have all the answers and all resources or a magic wand to resolve the situation, it is a duty of all citizens. I think we are all called to work for peace.”
Francisco Moreno Barrón (1954–2025) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Already 200 murders in 2017 in Tijuana: Mgr. Moreno calls for a plan to stop violence (15 March 2017) Fides News Agency
“One of the richest mines for the romancers who have pretended to write the story of my life was the fertile imagination of Belle Starr, who is now dead, peace to her ashes.”
Cole Younger (1844–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was never going to get to play the girl next door. And I was never going to be groomed to be a glamorous movie star. And I sort of realized that. So I had to make my — make peace with myself on that score.”
Angela Lansbury (1925–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think we have an entirely new foreign policy. We have been very consistent in our foreign policy. It's an independent policy of peace. Of course we safeguard our sovereignty and independence. There's no doubt about that.”
Cui Tiankai (born 1952) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Full text: Ambassador Cui Tiankai's interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria" (8 February 2021)
“I have something at my house now—somebody sent it; it says, "Peace would destroy civilization as we know it." And indeed it would, because we could not consume with, 5% of the population that we have, forty, fifty, whatever percent of the world's goods. And we have bases all over the world and so forth.”
Juanita Morrow Nelson (1923–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They will make a desert and call it peace.”
Vittorio Arrigoni (1975–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The women will have a lot to say from now on. Not only on those questions which affect them personally, such as abortions, the pill, sex information, child care, well being of the family, relationship to other women's organizations, education, equality, etc., but also issues of interest to the whole group, such as peace, prison reform, law enforcement. And this includes the welfare of the men.”
Francisca Flores (1913–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The more the Israeli and Palestinian movements come into communication and coordination, the more possible peace seems. (p 110)”
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (1945–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the issue of war and peace remains fundamentally the issue of whether or not one is going to be willing to respect one’s fellow man.”
Barbara Deming (1917–1984) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Southern Peace Walk Two Issues or One?" (1961)
“Pray, because the church leaders, the bishops, the archbishops, need great wisdom as they negotiate with government, and as they try very hard to envision a future that even the politicians can't always envision, as they speak for justice and peace and so on, and pray that they find willing partners.”
Nick Baines (bishop) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anglican AB Welby concludes visit to Uganda and Sudan (3 August 2017) Vatican Radio
“The UN and its member-states should conduct international peace and security reform to create guarantees for all countries and their citizens, regardless of their participation or non-participation in military blocs or military capacity. Russia should be excluded from the UN Security Council for systematic violations of the UN charter.”
Oleksandra Matviichuk (born 1983) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Head Of Nobel-Winning Ukrainian Rights Group Calls For International Tribunal For Putin, Lukashenka" in Radio Free Europe (7 October 2022)