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Quotes About Peace

Thus, both in Europe and in Asia, conditions were swiftly created by the victorious Allies which, in the name of peace, cleared the way for the renewal of war.
~ Winston S. Churchill
It would be an ill day for all the world and for the pair of them if they did not go on working together and marching together and sailing together and flying together, whenever something has to be done for the sake of freedom and fair play all over the world. That is the great hope of the future.
~ Winston S. Churchill
It is not known which of the three chiefs first conceived the master-plan by which the peace of the world is now so well defended that national armaments are falling into increasing neglect.
~ Winston S. Churchill
We must build a kind of United States of Europe.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Sin embargo, una guerra aplazada puede ser una guerra evitada.
~ Winston S. Churchill
The fighting man shall from the sun Take warmth, and life from the growing earth; Speed with the light-foot wind to run, And with the trees to newer birth, And find when fighting shall be done, Great rest and fullness after dearth. The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings; But day shall clasp him with strong hands, And night shall fold him in soft wings.' JULIAN GRENFELL. Flanders, April, 1915.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Quit murdering and start arguing.
~ Winston S. Churchill
exploited to the full my happy gift of falling almost immediately into deep sleep.
~ Winston S. Churchill
In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defiance In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace: Good Will
~ Winston S. Churchill
As rumours grew of peace proposals and a message was sent to us from the Vatican through Berne I thought it right to send the following minute to the Foreign Secretary: 28.VI.40 I hope it will be made clear to the Nuncio that we do not desire to make any inquiries as to terms of peace with Hitler, and that all our agents are strictly forbidden to entertain any such suggestions.
~ Winston S. Churchill
our common dangers and common loyalties have wiped all that out. The fire of war has burnt up the misunderstandings of the past. We feel we have a friend whom we can trust, and I hope he will continue to feel the same about us. I pray he may live to see his beloved Russia not only glorious in war, but also happy in peace.
~ Winston S. Churchill
We have had nothing else but wars since democracy took charge.
~ Winston S. Churchill
The silence following great words of Peace.62
~ Winston S. Churchill
there is in time of peace organized opposition which with tireless industry assembles all the worst possible facts, draws from them the most alarming conclusions, and imputes the most unworthy motives.
~ Winston S. Churchill
The story of the human race is War.
~ Winston S. Churchill
There are two supreme obligations which rest upon a British government. They are of equal importance. One is to strive to prevent a war, and the other is to be ready if war should come.
~ Winston S. Churchill
A war postponed may be a war prevented. The combinations of States vary as years pass. The Ententes or Alliances of one decade may have lost their savour in the next. Time and peace solve many problems, and men's thoughts move on to new spheres.
~ Winston S. Churchill
No one expected a renewal of war in the lifetime of the generation that had known its horror and its squalors.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Now, at the price of their life-blood, the long oppression had been rolled away. Surely here at last was peace and safety. With one passionate spasm the French people cried, "Never again!" But the future was heavy with foreboding.
~ Winston S. Churchill
in painted quiet and concentration
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
Po ka?dej wojnie kto? musi posprz?ta?.
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
Forgive me, distant wars, for bringing flowers home.
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
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~ Wislawa Szymborska
It felt right not to talk. It felt good just to be. Sometimes there was no need to fill the air with words.
~ Unknown