Quotes on Peace War

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

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.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

I never again want to see the face of a starving child or hear the weeping of a mother who has lost her son to war. Peace, this is what my husband gave his life for, and I want the world to know that he did not die in vain. Peace, this is what will make me very happy.