Quotes on Peace

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

Ah, when shall all men's good _x000D_ _x000D_ Be each man's rule, and universal peace _x000D_ _x000D_ Lie like a shaft of light across the land, _x000D_ _x000D_ And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, _x000D_ _x000D_ Thro' all the circle of the golden year?

It is clear that the nations of the world now can only rise and fall together. It is not a question of one nation winning at the expense of another. We must all help one another or all perish together.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.

Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution. Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do.

One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody's business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.

The mere absence of war is not peace.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."

...how many times must the cannon balls fly _x000D_ _x000D_ Before they're forever banned?

Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It's more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It's not just a donation or a 5 K race. It's not just a folk song, or a white dove. And peace is certainly more than a celebrity endorsement. Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. The UN has over 100,000 Peacekeepers on the ground, in places others can't or won't go, doing things others can't or won't do. Peace, like war, must be waged.

We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It's our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.

It would be naïve to think that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history will automatically resolve the problems ... However, with faith and perseverance, ... complex problems in the past have been resolved in our search for justice and peace.

Power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to the people, training and equipping indigenous military and police forces, strategic communications, and more of these, along with security, are essential ingredients for long-term success.

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.

What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do for themselves.

There is no trust more sacred than the_x000D_ _x000D_ one the world holds with children.

We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.