The 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.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

I’ve never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don’t know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they’re developing what’s called ‚nuclear capability,‘ which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That’s not a crime.

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

In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world.

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.

Indeed, we’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

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

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

Because of my parents‘ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

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.

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.

If I were a Negro, I’d be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I’d rather go down with my flag flying. If you’re weak or crippled, or you can’t speak out or fight back in some way, then people don’t hesitate to treat you badly.

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

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

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.

Could 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.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society… shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

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

First, 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?

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

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.

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and the unjust. I swear to you that all that will never change.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

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.

A diplomatic solution that puts significant and verifiable constraints on Iran’s nuclear program represents the best and most sustainable chance to ensure that America, Israel, the entire Middle East will never be menaced by a nuclear-armed Iran.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.

The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.

Often one postulates that a priori, all states are equally probable. This is not true in the world as we see it. This world is not correctly described by the physics which assumes this postulate.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.