Peace Quotes
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You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.
Joseph B. Wirthlin -
Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government.
George Washington
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Jesus wanted the man to have the peace that his heart longed for, but the man could not have it because he was living for himself.
J. M. Roberts -
We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By battling and building block by block in Baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the Iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide toward peace.
Barack Obama -
I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace.
Jimmy Carter -
The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went.
Phil Klay -
Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.
Ann Radcliffe -
Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.
Marianne Williamson
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We all want to put the brakes on the arms race...we all want to achieve arms control...but to those who say we must take risks for peace by cutting the meat from our military muscle, I say you are unwittingly risking war.
Henry M. Jackson -
A power that can't be used for good? Like a bad girl power? I wouldn't mind being clairvoyant, but I wouldn't want it if I couldn't use it for good. Peace and love, man. Peace and love.
Alicia Sixtos -
I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.
Pope Benedict XVI -
It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace.
Tacitus -
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
Ajahn Chah -
Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:– And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.
George Francis Train
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Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.
Mahatma Gandhi -
As individuals they were stone, but together they were glass, and their families danced a ballet around them, careful not to ripple the peace they had found.
Carrie Fletcher -
If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
Lao Tzu -
Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."
Winfield Scott -
To have peace and love in marriage is a gift which is next to the knowledge of the Gospel.
Martin Luther -
Peace is not a luxury. Peace is a necessity.
Ashraf Ghani
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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
William Hazlitt -
The attack upon Korea was an outright breach of the peace and a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. By their actions in Korea, Communist leaders have demonstrated their contempt for the basic moral principles on which the United Nations is founded. This is a direct challenge to the efforts of the free nations to build the kind of world in which men can live in freedom and peace.
Harry S Truman -
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
William Penn -
Justice is the essence of peace.
Ali Abunimah