Peace Quotes
“The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.”
“Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.”
-- Jenny Shipley
“To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.”
-- Morihei Ueshiba
“Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.”
-- David Mamet
“The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.”
-- Ho Chi Minh
“Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.”
-- Ludwig von Mises
“I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.”
-- Lech Walesa
“Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.”
-- Ron Silver