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.”
“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”
-- Theodore Roosevelt
“The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.”
-- Arthur Henderson
“The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.”
-- Morihei Ueshiba
“I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967.”
-- Alan Dershowitz