“We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.”
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“The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.”
“Every human longs for peace and love.”
“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.”
“Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.”
“We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.”
“A bad peace is even worse than war.”
“Put a bridle on thy tongue set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.”
“In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East.”
“Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.”
“We love peace, but not peace at any price.”
“Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.”
“Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.”
“The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail.”
“Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.”
“I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.”
“I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.”
“Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.”
“Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.”
“Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.”
“The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.”
“Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.”
“But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.”
“We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.”