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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.
There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.
It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.
I'm real excited. I'm so blessed to have so much peace and joy inside. I just can't keep quiet about it.
Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.
There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.
Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
Storehouses filled with merchandise will prove a better guarantee than arsenals bulging with ammunition.
Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.
Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.
Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation.
There is absolutely no inevitability, so long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.
Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.
Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight.
When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence.
Im Krieg machen die Starken die Schwachen zu Sklaven, im Frieden machen die Reichen die Armen zu Sklaven.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.
You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.
We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.
Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.
Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.
For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
War is the only sport which is genuinely amusing. And it is the only sport which has any intelligible use.
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
Humanitarian response, sustainable development, and sustaining peace are three sides of the same triangle.
The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?
You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
We put labels on people and fight wars over them. If we truly want harmony, we have to get past the labels.
I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.
Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.