The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

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

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that’s their gift.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

People like to talk about war.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

I 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.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.

A siege is an act of war.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

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.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

I come from – I came from Wales, and it’s a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don’t waste time being soft. I’m not cold, but I don’t like being, wasting my time with – life’s too short.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

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

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.

The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity.

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.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

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.

Even today we raise our hand against our brother… We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

I will continue to believe that Israel’s security is paramount.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you’d see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

You can’t say civilization don’t advance… in every war they kill you in a new way.

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

No violent extreme endures.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

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

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

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

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.

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

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.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

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 only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

I’m very disappointed in Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war. I cannot support droning. I cannot support capitulating to the banks.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.