I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
Interpretation
People desire peace deeply, and governments should not hinder this pursuit.
Dwight D. Eisenhower suggests that the longing for peace is a fundamental human aspiration. As people yearn for harmonious coexistence, he implies that governing bodies should not obstruct their pursuit of this peace, indicating that true tranquility can flourish when individuals are allowed to pursue it without interference.
In practice
During a peace rally, this quote can inspire individuals to advocate for less governmental intervention.
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.
Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Our frequent initiatives to normalise relations with Pakistan are not a sign of our weakness; rather, they are an indication of our commitment to peace.
The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
It must be a peace without victory
So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And, as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war.
Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
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