Quotes about Peace
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The root of war is fear.
- Thomas Merton
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.
- CS Lewis
I believe war is the inevitable fruit of our economic system.
- Helen Keller
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
- James Madison
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
- JRR Tolkien
[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
- John F. Kennedy
Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal its horrors. They indoctrinate children with hatred. I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.
- Albert Einstein
The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.
- George Bernard Shaw
War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.
- John F. Kennedy
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
- Livy
I think war is a dangerous place.
- George W. Bush