Quotes About Peace

From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.

Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

War to me is the stupidest way of settling anything. The whole damn thing goes to pieces.

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.

Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.

He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Peace is preferable to war. But it's not an absolute value, and so we always ask, "What kind of peace?

The war against the war is the only war that shall give you a great honour and a real peace!

Armed violence and peace cannot coexist. We need to overcome the challenges we face and seek practical solutions. We must replace the culture of war with the culture of peace.

Each day is an opportunity to build the defenses of peace in the minds of people.

War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.

How could you get mad at someone who neither needed to attack nor was at all worried about being able to defend? It was like getting mad at Switzerland.

The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

Waging war is not a primary physical need.

For a generation, terrorists learned they could make war on free nations without fear of war in return. On September 12, the terrorists got war in return.

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to have a dominant part in any war that is going or contemplated.