Peace Quotes
“The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.”
“From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.”
-- Richard Cobden
“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
-- Woody Allen
“One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.”
-- Morihei Ueshiba
“Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.”
-- P. J. O'Rourke
“If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference,' you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.”
-- Joseph Stalin