Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [61-80] of 227 Peace quotesPeace QuotesPeace Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred.~ Edward Everett The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.~ John A. Fisher Socialism is the idea that violent force is an appropriate response to peaceful, voluntary exchange.~ Frank J. Fleming There was never a good war, or a bad peace.~ Benjamin Franklin Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and also the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure that would accomplish so much to promote law and order?~ Milton Friedman 19 terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won the political and ideological war with one terrorist act. It is mindboggling that we are that weak as a society.~ Rocco Galati You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.~ Indira Gandhi An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi We can see beyond the present shadow of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work together to deter and stop aggression. This was precisely Franklin Roosevelt's and Winston Churchill's vision for peace in the post-war period.~ Richard Gephardt In the name of peace They waged the wars Ain't they got no shame~ Nikki Giovanni Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.~ Hermann Goering Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep. ~ Mikhail Gorbachev In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.~ Mikhail Gorbachev The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.~ Ulysses S. Grant I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.~ Ulysses S. Grant As George Orwell pointed out, people sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.~ Richard Grenier Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. ... The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.~ Alexander Hamilton In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the Nation the blessings of peace. The Legislature alone can interrupt those blessings, by placing the Nation in a state of War.~ Alexander Hamilton Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print