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.Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn’t matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.
Barack ObamaWe’re in the last days, man – I truly, in my heart, believe that. It’s written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.
Kendrick LamarDemocracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard ShawLiberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
James MadisonI 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.
Madeleine AlbrightPeace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.
Herbert HooverThe amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It’s a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.
Christopher HitchensIf we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.
Alice WalkerLife could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
Charlie ChaplinI see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
Anne FrankI’ve used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I’ve still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.
Jimmy CarterViolence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.
Thich Nhat HanhNow if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else’s affairs.
Will RogersIsraelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.
Noam ChomskyCorruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.
Joe BidenThe action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
George W. BushThe greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
Mother TeresaDictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
PlatoPeace if possible, truth at all costs.
Martin LutherGuilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
John LennonWhile victimhood in America is exalted, I don’t think our veterans should join those ranks.
Jim MattisIn my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham LincolnAmerica is just downright mean.
Michelle ObamaIf they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon BonaparteFirst, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
Barack ObamaThose who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom.
Herbert HooverWhile democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
Madeleine AlbrightWars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
Martin Luther King, Jr.To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
Lao TzuIn England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.
Oscar WildeIn framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
Alexander HamiltonI have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
Charlie ChaplinAn eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Mahatma GandhiNo race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Booker T. WashingtonA man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
Napoleon BonaparteNo matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerPeace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
John F. KennedyOur Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
George W. BushYour Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.
Wayne DyerRemind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.
Wayne DyerI would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S. TrumanWe cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
Jimmy CarterTo succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamSometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.
Joyce MeyerDemocracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. MenckenPeople seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That’s because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning.
Noam ChomskyWhen you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.
Thich Nhat HanhA nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. KennedySo long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists, Communists or Tyrants with Medieval Ideology. For we serve in a Corps with no institutional confusion about our purpose: To fight! To fight well!
Jim MattisWe will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
Will RogersIt’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
Brian EnoWhere there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamWithout God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald ReaganI think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don’t know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
Lady GagaEvery man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
Samuel JohnsonThis is not Johnson’s war. This is America’s war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
Charles BukowskiA real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
Fyodor Dostoevsky