The ‚peace movement‘ exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid.
Noam ChomskyLet us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.
Mother TeresaIt seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.
Joyce MeyerIf everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.
John LennonI would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S. TrumanLet us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.
Alexander HamiltonThe United States supports a strong, united Ukraine with productive and peaceful relationships with both the East and the West, with both Russia and Europe.
Joe BidenWhen will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
Benjamin FranklinIf there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
Theodore RooseveltWe must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.
Alice WalkerIf civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
Franklin D. RooseveltNon-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Mahatma GandhiPeace is liberty in tranquillity.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIf we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother TeresaA musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
Abraham MaslowAn unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.
Paulo CoelhoThe only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWe will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
George W. BushPeace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
Herbert HooverA good conscience is a continual Christmas.
Benjamin FranklinWhen people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.
Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen 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 HanhThe crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it’s likely to harm them.
Noam ChomskyMore than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
Franklin D. RooseveltYou can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.
Henry KissingerCould I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
Douglas MacArthurPeace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard ShawIf you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.
Kurt CobainTo the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
Lao TzuPeace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald ReaganGive a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Nelson MandelaThe practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
Thich Nhat HanhWar does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Bertrand RussellPeace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas JeffersonIf virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
EpictetusWe will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
George W. BushEvery breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.
Thich Nhat HanhBe at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin FranklinPeace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
BuddhaIf you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Nelson MandelaIn the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
Richard M. NixonI am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
Charlie ChaplinMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
George WashingtonThe world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. KennedyI dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson MandelaI remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called ‚Equis.‘ And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, ‚I’m home.‘ I felt really at peace here.
Anthony HopkinsI have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.
Thich Nhat HanhI can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
Eleanor RooseveltThe things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore RooseveltKnowing that the time to sleep has come, the Lord sleeps, and does well in sleeping. Often, when we have been fretting and worrying, we should have glorified God far more had we literally gone to sleep.
Charles SpurgeonPeace begins with a smile.
Mother TeresaDisarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.
Dwight D. EisenhowerChristmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
Pope FrancisThe only defensible war is a war of defense.
Gilbert K. ChestertonSmiling 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 HanhWe seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
Dwight D. EisenhowerOur peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.
William ShakespeareAfter many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.
Charles Spurgeon