Quotes About Tension

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.

Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

Peace is the time it takes to reload your rifle.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Lord Jesus, bring comfort to all those who mourn and peace of heart to those under pressure and tension, in Jesus Christ's name

Some people seem to be at peace-but in fact they're just resting up between fights.

The absence of strife does not necessarily indicate the presence of peace.

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace.

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.

Peace is not simply the absence of warfare.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

We're not losing the peace.

I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.

Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

War makes good history but peace is poor reading.