Quotes About Peace

Free societies, which allow differences to speak and be heard, and live by intermarriage, commerce, and free migration, and democratic societies, which convert enemies into adversaries and reconcile differences without resort to violence, are societies in which the genocidal temptation is unlikely and even inconceivable.

There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if we're just bloody killer apes and violence is in our genes?'

I'm not keen on films which depict a lot of violence.

For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.

Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.

All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

Violence is for mugs. War is for mugs.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.

To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we don't deal with the causes we will never be safe.

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

Here we will solve with laws and dollars, problems that too many people around the world still must solve with violence and civil war.

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

I don't like violence.

I'm not someone who is a fan of a lot of violence.

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

We need to do something about the culture of violence.