“But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself – not afraid.”
– Robert Falcon Scott
“I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.”
– King George V
“For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.”
– Ehud Olmert
“Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.”
– Tom Lehrer
“I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.”
– Ehud Olmert
“Ignorance is a menace to peace.”
– Paul Harris
“Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.”
– Xavier Becerra
“The myth of redemptive violence – Caesar, peace, and victory – is in people’s bones so deeply, we aren’t even aware of it. You crush the opposition that’s how we bring peace.”
– Rob Bell
“Peace is important for Israel.”
– Ehud Olmert
“But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.”
– Bryan Ferry
“We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.”
– Rosie O’Donnell
“When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore he belongs to the world.”
– Richard Gere
“For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.”
– Camryn Manheim
“If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they’d accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.”
– Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“It’s to be a person who’s able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.”
– Jonathan Shapiro
“Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.”
– Abraham Kuyper
“The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.”
– Michael Mandelbaum
“Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations.”
– Karl Liebknecht
“Peace and not war is the father of all things.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business.”
– Karl Liebknecht
“To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“I will work to bring peace to everyone – whatever economic level – as long as you are Haitian.”
– Jean-Bertrand Aristide
“Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.”
– Michael Mandelbaum
“My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.”
– Omar Bongo
“Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking.”
– Ludwig von Mises
“I’ve been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn’t bring you peace.”
– Michael W. Smith
“I’m not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!”
– Omar Bongo