"It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on peace   

"War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble."

Dryden, John on war   

"America is addicted to wars of distraction."

Ehrenreich, Barbara on war
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"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones."

Einstein, Albert on war
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"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on war
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"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it."

Erasmus, Desiderius on war
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"Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry."

Heller, Joseph on war   

"Peace won by the compromise of principles is a short-lived achievement."

Unknown, Source on peace
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"I would rather have peace in the world than be President."

Truman, Harry S on peace   

"Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets."

Jerrold, Douglas William on peace   

"It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."

Kennedy, John F. on peace
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"You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die."

Lennon, John on peace
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"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."

Lennon, John on peace
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"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived."

Lincoln, Abraham on peace
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"One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?"

Meyer, Michael Holmboe on peace   

"The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on peace
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"If you wish for peace be ready for war."

Proverb on peace
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"If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb."

Proverb, Turkish on peace
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."

Roosevelt, Theodore on peace
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"You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil."

Ruskin, John on peace
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"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."

Sandburg, Carl on peace
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"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil."

Hubbard, Kin on peace
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"I feel sure that coups d'?tat would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything."

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De on war   

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on war
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"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."

Sun Tzu on war
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"There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it."

Tocqueville, Alexis De on war   

"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

Weil, Simone on war   

"As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have it's fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular."

Wilde, Oscar on war   

"War is the father of all things. But who is the mother?"

Kocher, Gerhard on war   

"As long as men still feel they are nothing without a call to duty, they will look for a place in the world where they find themselves excellent at something. One of those places is, and has always been, battle."

Owen, Walter on war   

"If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it."

Buchwald, Art on protest
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"We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive."

King Jr. Martin Luther on protest
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"We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers."

Pankhurst, Emmeline on protest   

"I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases."

Thoreau, Henry David on protest   

"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one."

Franklin, Benjamin on want
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"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

Reagan, Ronald on war
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"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."

Rankin, Jeannette on war   

"Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die."

Hoover, Herbert Clark on war
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"Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!"

Khayyam, Omar on war   

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"If any question why we died, tell them, because our fathers lied."

Kipling, Rudyard on war