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Quotes About Peace

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
~ Haile Selassie
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
~ George S. McGovern
I met someone from the German side and we both shared the same opinion: we fought, we finished and we were friends... It wasn't worth it.
~ Harry Patch
I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies.
~ Charles XII of Sweden
We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.
~ Rigoberta Menchu
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
~ Marvin Gaye
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
~ John F. Kennedy
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.
~ Franklin Pierce
Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.
~ A. Philip Randolph
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
~ Smedley Butler
The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.
~ F. Murray Abraham
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
~ Robert E. Lee
Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War...
~ Louis Pasteur
I believe it is peace for our time.
~ Neville Chamberlain
People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.
~ Stonewall Jackson
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.
~ Catherine the Great
Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.
~ George C. Marshall
Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.
~ Anwar Sadat
Why should you take by force that from us that which you can have by Love? Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food What can you get by war?
~ Chief Powhatan
We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.
~ William Tecumseh Sherman
Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals.
~ Oswald Spengler
I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.
~ Joan Baez
What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.
~ Henry George
I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.
~ Mahatma Gandhi