Quotes for Peace

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* I do not want the peace which passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. -- Helen Keller

Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames. --John F. Kennedy Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...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 "The mere absence of war is not peace." -- John F. Kennedy --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

* So we must fix our vision not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation of peace. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. * "Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace." -- 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.

Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody's business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is not enough to say 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it … We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discord of war."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

What I am about is a more peaceful, harmonious, and just planet.
-- Brian Klemmer

Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work. -- Kathe Kollwitz

* "We want peace!" -- Lenny Kravitz

"Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued existence." Peace is not just the absence of war, it is the active presence of a capacity for love and compassion, and reciprocity. It is an awareness that our lives are not to be lived simply for ourselves through expressing our individuality, but we confirm the purpose of our lives through the work of expressing our shared sense of community in a purposeful and practical way; to sustain our own lives we sustain the lives of others - in family, in a community of neighborhoods called a city, and in a community of nations called the world. -- Dennis Kucinich

Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.
-- Richard Lamm (b. 1935)

* ...we must remain hopeful that for our children and our children’s children, that we are not a warring nation, but we will embrace and practice true compassion and honor the ideals of peace and freedom, and we will not give up. -- Jessica Lange

* All we are saying is give peace a chance... -- John Lennon And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight. -- John Lennon * "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one." -- John Lennon

Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot survive. Valentine's Day is on the 14 February. Christmas Day is on the 25 December. Peace Day has been established by the United Nations on the 21 September, and the whole world is invited to participate. -- Annie Lennox

 

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