Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at 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.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.

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

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

A war is a horrible thing, but it’s also a unifier of countries.

From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

I have spoken about inflation, unemployment, farmers‘ problems, security, etc. I keep talking about these issues. I seek answers from the Indian government.

We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

War settles nothing.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That’s part of the normal diplomatic relations.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

Following the missile crisis, detente started to gain ground between the United States and the Soviet Union, so the international political climate improved after that.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

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.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

London is a roost for every bird.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

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.

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.

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant – Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world – including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

The U.S. is not constructing a palatial embassy, by far the largest in the world and virtually a separate city within Baghdad, and pouring money into military bases, with the intention of leaving Iraq to Iraqis.

Unlike many of its European neighbors, Britain shares many of America’s financial traits.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.

When 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.

Israel is a pretty crazy state.

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

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

On all the peaks lies peace.

Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

Non-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.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.

Violence 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.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

I 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.

The word ‚Islam‘ means ‚peace.‘ The word ‚Muslim‘ means ‚one who surrenders to God.‘ But the press makes us seem like haters.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.