Peace Quotes

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
– Albert Einstein
Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.
– Albert Einstein
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
– Albert Einstein
We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.
– Albert Einstein
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
– Desiderius Erasmus
You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace.
– Jill Eikenberry
If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.
– Hamilton Fish
All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.
– John Fisher
In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.
– Robert M. La Follette
Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself. If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too.
– Harrison Ford
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
– Benjamin Franklin
If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!
– Kinky Friedman
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
– Bill Frist
This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.
– Bill Frist
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.
– Robert Fulghum
You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.
– Geraldine A. Ferraro
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
– Oscar W. Firkins
For the camera and for posterity, Stanley Marcus and Estee Lauder greeted each other with an embrace a pair of elderly merchant monarchs who had tested each other's titanic shrewdness for decades formally exchanging a kiss of peace.
– Kennedy Fraser
To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does; but because, simultaneously, it does vast damage to our peace aim, unless that aim is mutual economic and social annihilation.
– J. F. C. Fuller
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.
– Mahatma Gandhi
The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
– Uri Geller
I appeal to all Irishmen to pause, to stretch out the hand of forbearance and conciliation, to forgive and forget, and to join with me in making for the land they love a new era of peace, contentment and goodwill.
– King George V
It is My own peace I give unto you. Not, notice, the world's peace.
– Rumer Godden
To keep it simple you run your gym like you run your house. Keep it clean and in good running order. No jerks allowed, members pay on time and if they give you any crap, throw them out. There's peace where there's order.
– Joe Gold
To insist on strength is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.
– Barry M. Goldwater
As the leader of the Catholic Church, the Holy Father planted seeds of hope in the hearts of millions, helping bring entire nations to the table of peace, and delivering them from tyranny. His ministry to the poor and oppressed was an example to us all, and inspired legions to pursue a life of faith and service. It is with heavy hearts that we say farewell to Pope John Paul II, our pilgrim of peace.
– Mark Green
The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort and refinement.
– Arthur Gray
Every night, whisper peace in your husband's ear.
– Andrei A. Gromyko
When I began practice I was relatively safe in assuming that abdominal pain was appendicitis or green apples. Today it is also highly probable that the patient is suffering from the fact that his wife of 40 years wants to leave him for the Peace Corps or Richard Burton.
– Gunnar Gundersen
And in these difficult times that the world faces, we must continue to strengthen the ideal of peace in the region and in the world.
– Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Give me love, give me peace on earth, give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth, give me hope, help me cope, with this heavy load, trying to, touch and reach you with, heart and soul.
– George Harrison
The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
– Tom Hayden
There has to be an inner peace process that treats gang members like traumatized war victims who lack counseling, jobs, and respect. A lot of that has got to be self-administered in affinity groups, counseling groups, in jail and out of jail, with resources and professional help.
– Tom Hayden
He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.
– Arthur Henderson
It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.
– Arthur Henderson
Men and women everywhere are once more asking the old question - is it peace?
– Arthur Henderson
The Peace Conference was the scene, or, shall we say, the first stage, in a tremendous struggle between the new forces, the new hopes and aspirations to which the agony of the World War had given birth, and the champions of the old order in patriotism and in economic relations alike.
– Arthur Henderson
Thus, there can be no real disarmament except on the basis of the collective peace system of the League of Nations.
– Arthur Henderson
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
– Jimi Hendrix
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
– George Herbert
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
– Herodotus
I have never been a dove because I'm some kind of woolly-eyed liberal. I have been a dove from the very early period, because I recognized that the Palestinians weren't going to go away, and they weren't going to remain passive. And all of these predictions were correct. And we'd better now act on them and make peace.
– Arthur Hertzberg
I was one of the founders of Peace Now. I was then a resident in Israel... I was then visiting professor at the Hebrew University, teaching Jewish history. And in the mind of Israel now, and to some degree even then, I'm not quite an outsider.
– Arthur Hertzberg
The Palestinians aren't going away, among other reasons, because the Arab states are not admitting them with any great enthusiasm. Therefore, unless there is a solution which gives the Palestinian Arab a stake in the region, which is not worth destroying, you are not going to have peace.
– Arthur Hertzberg
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
– Napoleon Hill
With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them.
– Art Hill
The sportive, knightly battle awakens the best human characteristics. It doesn't separate, but unites the combatants in understanding and respect. He also helps to connect the countries in the spirit of peace. That's why the Olympic Flame should never die.
– Adolf Hitler
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
– Thomas Hood
The Palestine Authority cannot be changed or reformed from within. It is a corrupt terrorist police state. Any challenge to the terrorists who run it will be ruthlessly suppressed. Many Palestinians genuinely interested in peace have been assassinated over the years for that very reason.
– David Horowitz
The so-called peace movement today is led by the same hate-America radicals who supported America's totalitarian enemies during the Cold War. They marched in support of the Vietcong, the Sandinista Marxists and the Communist guerrillas in El Salvador. Before that they marched in behalf of Stalin and Mao.
– David Horowitz
There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you.
– David Horowitz
I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more; for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all the States. A stab in the heart is worse then a cut in a limb, for this may be healed.
– Sam Houston
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
– Kin Hubbard
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
– Victor Hugo
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
– Hubert H. Humphrey
In the peace process, the partner doesn't just sit and allow things to deteriorate to the point of disaster. The United States is needed with thoughts and with ideas, not only with the attitude of a messenger between parties, but - when things get rough - to come in and help with what is just and what is right, to overcome difficulty.
– King Hussein
The bright image of Islam with its values, moderation, centrism, keenness for human dignity, and creation of the concept of Shura and dialogue, will always be our source of pride. It is our means to convince the world that we Arabs and Muslims are far from fanaticism, that we love peace and prosperity, and that we are real partners in the making of human civilization.
– King Hussein
The sort of peace in which we believe, and which we pursue, is comprehensive, just, and lasting. It would enable the peoples of the region to realize total development, to improve their standard of living in the framework of stability, and to live in security and dignity. This is the peace which the peoples make, and defend with conviction.
– King Hussein
There's so much in the Quran on peace, as there is on submission to one God, the attributes of God, heaven and respect for the other two monotheistic religions. These are teachings we don't much hear about, but they affect me in my political life, supporting my firm belief that I'm doing the right thing. It's along these lines that so much can be taught.
– King Hussein
What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of Almighty God.
– King Hussein
The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of the power of choice. He has not chosen to do that. He has given every person a free will.
– John Haggai
A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.
– Peter Hain
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.
– Winfield Scott Hancock
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
The peace process we all aim for will not necessarily be a result of the mere signing of a treaty or agreement. It must become a matter of our everyday lives, so that peace settles and lasts and becomes supported by everybody. We therefore have to give peace all the required care and preserve it and promote it.
– King Hassan II
War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.
– Ian Hay
All the other chiefs and tribes have accepted the Great Law of Peace. They now live in peace with one another.
– Hiawatha
It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.
– Hiawatha
Peace will be when you accept it in your heart.
– Hiawatha
We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.
– Paul Hoffman
There may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better.
– L. Thomas Holdcroft
We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development.
– Jintao Hu
God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.
– Trevor Huddleston
I never think of the measures necessary for the peace and good order of the colonies without pain. There must be an abridgment of what are called English liberties. I relieve myself by considering that in a remove from a state of nature to the most perfect state of government, there must be a great restraint of natural liberty.
– Thomas Hutchinson
So much enamoured on peace that he would have been glad the King should have bought it at any price.
– Edward Hyde
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace and happiness.
– Henrik Ibsen
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
– Gerald Jampolsky
I think a lot of people think about the wrongs they did in life at some point. I can't make amends for the reason I'm on death row because my life was in jeopardy, but I wish things were different. But yes, I've done wrongs in life although there were petty things and I have made my peace with God, as should most people.
– Lonnie Earl Johnson
We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear - unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called 'the insolence of elected persons' - in a word, free men.
– Gerald W. Johnston
Respect for the rights of others means peace.
– Benito Juarez
We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.
– Thomas R. Kelly
The men and women who serve this nation and this state are our guardians of peace and they do so at great personal risk.
– Dirk Kempthorne
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
– John F. Kennedy
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
– John F. Kennedy
The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required blood and sweat and tears.
– Charles F. Kettering
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
– Henry A. Kissinger
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.
– Philip Knight
Well, you know, there was the most enormous youth rebellion during the '30s. There was the Peace Pledge Union, which supposedly involved the cream of British youth. They thought wars were ridiculous and said just what everybody says today. They said they would not fight in any war.
– John Knowles
It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.
– Paul Kagame
Poets who know no better rhapsodize about the peace of nature, but a well-populated marsh is a cacophony.
– Bern Keating
If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
– Sophie Kerr
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
– Jeane J. Kirkpatrick