Quotes on war and peace for every week of the year. I chose the 52 I could most identify with from the hundreds on
Force is
all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Abraham Lincoln
In war, truth is
the first casualty. Aeschylus
One is left with
the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war
is as disastrous as to lose one. Agatha Christie
It is my
conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act
of murder. Albert Einstein
Nothing will end
war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. Albert
Einstein
Peace cannot be
kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. Albert
Einstein
War is never a
solution; it is an aggravation. Benjamin Disraeli
When will
mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by
arbitration?Benjamin Franklin
There never was
a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin
War does not
determine who is right, only who is left. Bertrand Russell
All forms of
violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to
settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons. Dalai
Lama
We must pursue
peaceful end through peaceful means. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
All wars
eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the
vanquished. Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough
to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn't enough to
believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt
No weapon has
ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot
guarantee it to be a just one. Ernest Hemingway
Every war when
it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an
act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. George Orwell
War is a way of
shattering to pieces...materials which might otherwise be used to
make the masses too comfortable and...too intelligent. George Orwell
War against a
foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are
going to profit from it. George Orwell
Political
language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder
respectable. George Orwell
Observe good
faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony
with all. George Washington
Every government
has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid
a shipwreck. Guy de Maupassant
Be not dumb,
obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of
construction! Helen Keller
Even
philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the
Greek who said: ‘War is bad in that it begets more evil than it
kills.' Immanuel Kant
Violence is the
last refuge of the incompetent. Issac Asimov
War will exist
until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the
same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. John F.
Kennedy
Peace is a
daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions,
slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. John
F. Kennedy
The great enemy
of the truth is very often not the lie: deliberate, continued, and
dishonest; but the myth: persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
John F. Kennedy
For what can
war, but endless war, still breed? John Milton
Victory attained
by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma
Gandhi
What difference
does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the
mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the
holy name of liberty and democracy? Mahatma Gandhi
An eye for an
eye makes us all blind. Mahatma Gandhi
Liberty and
democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent
blood. Mahatma Gandhi
There is no way
to peace. Peace is the way. Mahatma Gandhi
I object to
violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only
temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi
We all have to
be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by
terrorizing others. Martin Luther King III
The chain
reaction of evil--wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we
shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Wars are poor
chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. Martin Luther King, J
Man must evolve
for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression,
and retaliation. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is not
merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive
at that goal. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing good
ever comes of violence. Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you want to
make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then
he becomes your partner. Nelson Mandela
Everybody's
worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way:
stop participating in it. Noam Chomsky
Man has no right
to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he
only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. Percy
Bysshe Shelley
Violence and
arms can never resolve the problems of men. Pope John Paul II
Humanity should
question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair
phenomenon of war...Pope John Paul II
Peace cannot be
achieved through violence, it can only be attained through
understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Civilization
began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
Sigmund Freud
If you live long
enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. Simone de
Beauvoir
All wars are
fought for money. Socrates
Peace is not the
absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for
benevolence; confidence; and justice. Spinoza
War is an
instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and
multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. Thomas Jefferson
Peace demands the most
heroic labour and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater
heroism than war. Thomas Merton
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