Peace Quotes
“But if our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'”
“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.”
-- Carlos Santana
“Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.”
-- Gerry Adams
“You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.”
-- J. Donald Walters
“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.”
-- Stefan Zweig
“When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.”
-- Jimmy Carter
“Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.”
-- Seamus Heaney