War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I don’t think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that’s now history.

I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.

Every writer has his writing technique – what he can and can’t do to describe something like war or history. I’m not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.

I’m all about peace. I’m all about unity. I’m all about love.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

On all the peaks lies peace.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it’s not an ‚us versus them,‘ it’s an ‚us and them‘ type scenario.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

I purposely don’t talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It’s not about the money.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I’ve taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you can’t bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren’t able to live in the place you called home.

There’s no doubt that usually a president’s public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

It’s silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel’s neighbours.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China – the two countries called upon to lead a new world which will allow for human survival if imperialism does not first unleash a criminal, exterminating war.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The world is too violent right now.

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think – even the activists – that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‚Look I went to a demonstration, and we didn’t stop the war so what’s the use of doing it again?‘

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‚people.‘ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give it to them.