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Peace

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. – Ulysses S. Grant

To secure peace is to prepare for war. – Karl Von Clausewitz

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. – Adam Smith

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. – Matthew Henry

I would rather have peace in the world than be President. – Harry S. Truman

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread otherwise there will be no peace. – Norman Borlaug

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it. – John Paul Jones

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty. – Charles Stanley

Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions of human beings. – Cat Stevens

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. – Moliere

If you want peace work for justice. – Pope Paul VI

We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others. – Marianne Williamson

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. – Etty Hillesum

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. – Gerald Jampolsky

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. – George W. Bush

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. – Benazir Bhutto

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. – Reinhold Niebuhr

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. – Chief Joseph

I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table. – Benjamin Netanyahu