Peace Quotes - page 2

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. (Albert Schweitzer)
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. View quote
Victor Hugo
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. View quote
Anton Chekhov
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. View quote
Albert Einstein
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls. View quote
Seraphim of Sarov
All we are saying is give peace a chance. View quote
John Lennon
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. View quote
U Thant
Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality. View quote
Lester B. Pearson
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. View quote
Peace Pilgrim
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. View quote
Moshe Dayan
PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. View quote
Thomas à Kempis
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. View quote
George Washington
Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. View quote
George Washington
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. View quote
Jimmy Carter
The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. View quote
Adlai Stevenson II
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. (Lin Yutang)
If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. View quote
James A. Garfield
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. View quote
Benjamin Franklin