Quotes on Make Peace Not War

I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war... But we have no more urgent task.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.