Peace Quotes
“If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.”
-- Gustav Stresemann
“Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.”
-- Paul Robeson
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.”
-- John F. Kennedy
“The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.”
-- Jonathan Sacks
“Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.”
-- Timothy Radcliffe
“It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use.”
-- Tom Cruise
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.”
-- Victor Hugo
“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.”
-- Dorothy Thompson
“Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.”
-- Mohamed ElBaradei
“The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.”
-- Jawaharlal Nehru
“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”
-- Winston Churchill