Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory... and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles.

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change.

As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.

You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.

That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

The world should take notice when someone...with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, receives his marching orders from Heaven.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace!

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.

Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.

When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.

Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.

Master Chuang Tzu says the spring insect knows nothing of the winter! We can also say suspicion knows nothing of the peace of mind!

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?

Peace among the nations, like happiness for the individual, is not an end, but a by-product that usually comes when you live right.

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