Quotes about Peace
A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.
- George W. Bush
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
- Wendell Berry
There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty
- Gordon Hinckley
Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right.
- Hannah More
The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject.
- Grover Cleveland
Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.
- Helen Keller
The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century.
- Henry A. Wallace
Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.
- Hillary Clinton
... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.
- Hillary Clinton
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
- Mother Teresa