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neville chamberlain— Speech at Heston Airport (30 September, 1938) 1938: 'Peace for our time' - Chamberlain part of the BBC "On this day" series]
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations entangling alliances with none.
— Thomas Jefferson, inaugural address, March 4, 1801.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 3, p. 321 (1904). This thought had been similarly expressed earlier in his letter to Edward Carrington, December 21, 1787: "I know too that it is a maxim with us, and I think it a wise one, not to entangle ourselves with the affairs of Europe."—The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 12, p. 447 (1955). George Washington did not use any form of "entangle," but shared a like political view in his letters to Patrick Henry, October 9, 1795: "My ardent desire is … to keep the U States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none," and to Gouverneur Morris, December 22, 1795: "My policy has been … to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none."—Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 34, p. 335, 401 (1940).
Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.
— Alice Walker in Living by the word: selected writings, 1973-1987, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 192, (1989).
Don't fight for Peace. Peace will come naturally.
— Chapter 12
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of Peace on earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
George V— Message read at the Terlincthun Cemetery, Boulogne, 13 May 1922.
In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the good arts of Peace. Theyare generally more set on acquiring new kingdoms by hook or by crook than on governing well those that theyalready have.
— 1516 Utopia (English translation1556), bk.1.
They say in the grave there is Peace, and Peace and the grave are one and the same.
georg büchner— Act I
Dayan didn't want the government to allow the kibbutzim to build there afterwards — he hoped to trade it back for Peace.
Moshe Dayan— Amos Eran on the taking of the Golan Heights, as quoted in The Washington Post (12 May 1997)
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he,Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free;Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment,But lives at Peace, within himself content;In thought, or act, accountable to noneBut to himself, and to the gods alone.
granville, george, 1st baron lansdowne— Epistle to Mrs. Higgons (1690), line 79; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Contentment", p. 133-36.
First keep the Peace within yourself, then you can also bring Peace to others.
thomas à kempis— Book II, ch. 3.
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of Peace, not those of war.
william mckinley— Speech delivered at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York (September 5, 1901)
This is the way of Peace — overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
peace pilgrim— The one-sentence peace message summarizing her ideas. Ch. 3 : The Pilgrimage
I hope that this execution is the last act of the tragedy of the Second World War and that the lesson taken from this world war will be that Peace and understanding should exist between peoples. I believe in Germany.
arthur seyss-inquart— Last words, 10/16/46. Quoted in "Justice at Nuremberg" - Page 506 - by Robert E. Conot - History - 1984
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of Peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
martin farquhar tupper— Of Education
Even a fool, when he holdeth his Peace, is counted wise.
— Proverbs, XVII. 28. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
There’s one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between “ideals,” and with luck they won’t have left their genes behind because they’ll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they’re too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some Peace and quiet for a change.
john brunner— context (8) “Isolation”
To a disciple who was forever complaining about others the Master said, "If it is Peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth ."
anthony de mello— Transformation
From toil he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, Peace and health.
thomas gray— Line 93. (Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude (1754))
In a world of danger and trial, Peace is our deepest aspiration, and when Peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels. "Pursue Peace," the Bible tells us, and we shall pursue it with every effort and every energy that we possess. But it is an unfortunate fact that we can secure Peace only by preparing for war.
john f. kennedy— John F. Kennedy: "Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA," September 6, 1960. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley.
I have lived with my conscience and my own memories for over quarter of a century since the events of 1973.… These are not easy reflections for me. But I am at Peace with myself, and with the Chilean people, about what happened. I am clear in my mind that the return to Chile of true democracy, and from that the true freedom to which all individual people are entitled, could not have been achieved without the removal of the Marxist government.
augusto pinochet— Statement (8 November 1998)
The true object of religion is to bind mankind together, and to bind them all to God. If we see that in the name of religion, men, instead of promoting Peace on earth and good-will among men, are trying to show their antagonism and animosity towards each other, then certainly we must stand forward with our voice of protest, and say that religion is defeating its own legitimate object.
keshub chunder sen— Speech delivered at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, in a meeting held to constitute a Theistic Association in London on 20th July 1870. See Universal Religion for full speech.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of Peace.
leigh hunt— Leigh Hunt, Abou Ben Adhem.
I feel within me a Peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
— "Wolsey" in Henry VIII (1613) by William Shakespeare
The Palestinians need an America that is just in its vision and in its demands. It is true that the Palestinians are the weaker party in terms of the balance of power, which makes it easy to pressure them. But Peace cannot be bullied into existence.
— Defining the Jewish State (6 March 2014) by Ali Jarbawi (a political scientist at Birzeit University and a former minister of the Palestinian Authority) in The New York Times's section The Opinion Pages: Contributing Op-Ed Writer with regard to the Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; A version of this online op-ed appeared in print on March 7, 2014, in The International New York Times.
Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till Peace itself is war in masquerade.
john dryden— John Dryden, Absalom and Achitopel, Part I, line 752; Part II, line 268.
As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or Peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
— Attribution to Pythagoras by Ovid, as quoted in The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought (1985) by Jon Wynne-Tyson, p. 260; also in Vegetarian Times, No. 168 (August 1991), p. 4
Kilday, Gregg (November 13, 1973), "Under the Astrodome – Maharaj Ji: The Selling of a Guru, 1973", Los Angeles Times : D1 Maharaj Ji: The thing is, if you write an article, maybe the credit goes to you or not; but if Peace is established in the world, definitely there will be a credit for you. And this is the most important point that press reporters usually look for, 'Will we get credit out of this or not?'
— Khalsa, Kirpal Singh (June 1986), "New Religious Movements Turn to Worldly Success", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Blackwell Publishing) 25 (2): 233–247, doi:10.2307/1385479, retrieved on 2008-09-27
