936 private quotes tagged peace

“The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.”— Gustav Heinemann

“We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.”— Hamid Karzai

“The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.”— Ted Rall

“World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.”— Gifford Pinchot

“Together, we can create a world in which peace is real in which every human being can thrive in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.”— Abdallah II

“War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.”— William McKinley

“You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.”— David Lloyd

“War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.”— Gustav Heinemann

“One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security.”— Anna Lindh

“President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.”— Lee H. Hamilton

“I'm just an old hippie. You know, peace and love.”— Sherman Hemsley

“I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.”— Richard Cobden

“We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country.”— Charles Foster Bass

“From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.”— Richard Cobden

“We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.”— Anna Lindh

“The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.”— Anna Lindh

“You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.”— Max Lerner

“On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.”— Eric Burdon

“Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.”— Richard Cobden

“I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.”— Richard Cobden

“As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.”— George J. Mitchell

“The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.”— Morihei Ueshiba

“It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.”— Michelle Obama

“There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.”— John Boyd Orr

“Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.”— Timothy Radcliffe