“Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.”– Baruch Spinoza Related Quotes “I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.”– Dick Cheney “After every war someone has to tidy up.”– Wislawa Szymborska “Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.”– Gerry Adams