Peace Quotes
“If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it.”
“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