Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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

If 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.

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

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

Peace is its own reward.

I’m not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, ‚Let’s all just get along.‘ I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

War settles nothing.

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.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

Let 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.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it – this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.

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.

Disagreement is something normal.

Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.

Your 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.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.

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

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

Debates, I hate.

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

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

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

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

The capability of negotiating… is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

We are not at war against Islam.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

The 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.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.