Peace Quotes

“When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.”

-- Wangari Maathai

“I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.”

-- Thurston Moore

“Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.”

-- Vaclav Havel

“The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.”

-- Nikita Khrushchev

“Peace without justice is tyranny.”

-- William Allen White

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

-- Francis of Assisi

“The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.”

-- Elihu Root

“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.”

-- John F. Kennedy

“The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.”

-- Ted Rall

“I was very active in the peace movement, still am.”

-- Margot Kidder