Peace Quotes
“Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.”
“We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.”
-- Mitch Albom
“Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.”
-- Yitzhak Rabin
“You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state.”
-- Benjamin Netanyahu
“When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.”
-- Ann Beattie
“Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.”
-- Andrew Jackson