Peace Quotes

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

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Victor Hugo

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

Wyclef Jean

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

River Phoenix

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.

Martin Van Buren

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Calvin Coolidge

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

Michael K. Williams

They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.

Georg Buchner

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.'

Mitch Daniels

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

Sargent Shriver

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.

Richard Cobden

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

Sargent Shriver

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions.

Lester B. Pearson

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

Sargent Shriver

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

John Lennon

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Hillary Clinton

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel.

John Boehner

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development.

Francois Hollande