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Quotes about Peace

Here are some notable quotes about Peace,from a variety of sources.You are welcome to rate them and/or leave your own comments.

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Abraham Lincoln:"There's no honorable way to kill,no gentle way to destroy.There is nothing good in war,except its ending"

4.70 Stars | 10 ratings

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Dwight D. Eisenhower "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,only as one who has seen its brutality,its futility and its stupidity"

4.60 Stars | 10 ratings

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Jimmy Carter:"A strong nation,like a strong person,can afford to be gentle,firm,thoughtful and restrained.It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.It's a weak nation,like a weak person,that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness

4.56 Stars | 9 ratings

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"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the Children of God"

5.00 Stars | 6 ratings

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Jesus Christ:"Blessed are the Peacemakers:for they shall be called the Children of God." Matthew 5:9

4.83 Stars | 6 ratings

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"Making peace is harder than making war"

4.13 Stars | 8 ratings

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Martin Luther King "We still have a choice today:nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation"

4.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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Phillipa Carr:"It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer most from the consequences of them"

4.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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Barbara W, Tuchman "War is the unfolding of miscalculations"

4.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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"We have won the war: now we have to win the peace, and it might be more difficult"

4.50 Stars | 6 ratings

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Martin Luther King:"It is not enough to say "We must not wage war."It is necessary to love Peace and sacrifice for it...We must see that Peace represents a sweeter music,a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war."

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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Bhagvad Gita:"Inner Peace is beyond victory or defeat"

4.29 Stars | 7 ratings

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Sydney J.Harris:"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak,and we condemn it."war" is what we call the violence of the strong,and we glorify it"

4.00 Stars | 6 ratings

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J.F.K.:"Mankind must put an end to War or War will put an end to Mankind"

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Martin Luther King:"We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retribution"

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Ellen Key "Everything in war is barbaric...but the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being"

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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"Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace - it must be kept by men"

4.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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Indira Ghandi "You cannot shake hands with a closed fist"

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Isaac Asimov:"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

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The answer is blowin' in the wind

3.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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Carl Sagan;"If we do not speak for Earth,who will?If we are not committed to our own survival,who will be?"

3.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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"Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix"

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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George Orwell: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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"Sweet prince! the arts of peace are great, and no less glorious than those of war"

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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Charles De Gaulle:"War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts.It puts a premium on violence,nourishes hatred,and gives free rein to cupidity.It crushes the weak,exalts the unworthy,and bolsters tyranny"

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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Isabelle Allende:"How can one not speak of war,poverty and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?"

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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Alexander Cockburn:"A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue,under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience"

4.25 Stars | 4 ratings

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Sun Tzu: To fight and Conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence;supreme excellence consists in breaking ones enemy's resistance without fighting" from "The art of War". circa 490 BC

3.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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Aldous Huxley:"Peace is a necessary condition of spirituality,no less than an inevitable result of it."

3.60 Stars | 5 ratings

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"...And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow...,"

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"Less oft is peace in Shelley's mind, than calm waters, seen"

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Bible (Jesus):"Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,turn to him the other also" Matthew 5:39

4.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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Silius Italicus:"Nothing fairer than peace is given man to know;better One Peace than countless triumphs".

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience"

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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"There is no peace, sayeth the Lord, unto the wicked"

3.50 Stars | 4 ratings

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"And in his Will lies our peace"

3.33 Stars | 3 ratings

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"Glory be to God on high, and on Earth, peace to men of good will"

3.00 Stars | 5 ratings

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"For unto us a child is born...a son is given...the Prince of Peace"

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"The thing which is by far the best and most desirable for all...is 'peace with honor'"

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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"The peace that passeth all understanding"

3.50 Stars | 2 ratings

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Albert Camus:"Instead of killing and dying to produce the being that we are not,we have to live and let live in order to create what we are"

3.50 Stars | 2 ratings

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Ralph Waldo Emerson:"The real and lasting victories are those of Peace and not of War"

3.50 Stars | 2 ratings

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"...The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace"

3.33 Stars | 3 ratings

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"I speak of peace while covet enmity..."

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"Natiuon shall speak peace unto nation"

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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Anonymous:"those who prefer victory to peace will have neither"

2.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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Petrarch "Five enemies of peace inhabit us,avarice,ambition,envy,anger and pride;if these were to be banished,we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace"

2.67 Stars | 3 ratings

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"So enamoured of peace that he would have been glad the King should have bought it at any price"

2.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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Adolph Hitler:"Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice"

1.50 Stars | 6 ratings

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