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Quotes About Peace

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.
~ Hillary Clinton
Unesco can rightly be claimed as one of Britain's greatest contributions to that global architecture of peace, and for Penny Mordaunt to be willing to destroy that legacy by withdrawing Britain's membership is nothing but historical and cultural vandalism.
~ Emily Thornberry
Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.
~ Ariel Sharon
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
~ Virgil
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
~ Edward Coke
I have so far played a variety of roles and enjoyed all of them. But I am biased towards positive roles because I love staying peaceful and bringing smiles on people's faces.
~ Roop Durgapal
Justice is the only way to achieve peace and co-existence among the various components of Iraq.
~ Nadia Murad
By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.
~ Henepola Gunaratana
When I was 26, I founded Peaceworks as a food company that brought together Israelis, Arabs, Turks, and others in conflict regions to make and sell various food products from the Middle East. That economic cooperation helped bridge divides and cultivate mutual understanding among neighbors.
~ Daniel Lubetzky
In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.
~ Kenzaburo Oe
Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.
~ James K. Polk
One who cannot live in harmony with others is regarded as an ignorant fool, even if he happens to be very learned in various matters.
~ Thiruvalluvar
China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world. Her contribution to the civilization of mankind is imperishable. She has been a keen lover of peace; she has had a deep respect for international justice.
~ Chiang Kai-shek
Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
~ Ban Ki-moon
Peace is, indeed, our policy. A kind Providence has cast our lot on a portion of the globe sufficiently vast to satisfy the most grasping ambition, and abounding in resources beyond all others, which only require to be fully developed to make us the greatest and most prosperous people on earth.
~ John C. Calhoun
At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war.
~ Paul Robeson
The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
~ Penn Jillette
The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.
~ Najib Razak
I empathize with the vast majority of cops who keep the peace on our streets and enjoy majority support from their communities across the country.
~ Margaret Hoover
I do not propose to solve the Israeli-Palestine conflict. But I do think the world would be a vastly safer place - and maybe a happier one, too - if more of us learned to see beyond our biases, our preferences, and became optimists capable of letting go.
~ Thomas Chatterton Williams
I loved the sound of the ocean, the breaking surf, the vastness, but still didn't feel terribly comfortable in it.
~ Raymond Bonner
My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the sign of peace.
~ Anthea Butler
She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her.
~ Michael Ende
Our voice is an independent voice to represent the dignity and the search for peace and the reformulation of the international system; to denounce persecution and aggression of hegemonistic forces on the planet. This is how Venezuela has presented itself. Bolivar's home has sought a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council.
~ Hugo Chavez