7,293 Quotes About Peace

If there were 10,000 U.S. forces ashore [in Lebanon], authorized to move about, there would be less risk to American lives than there is with an immobile force of 1,300.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

War is a curtain of dense black fabric across all the hopes and kindliness of mankind. Yet always it has let through some gleams of light, and not--I am not dreaming--it grows threadbare, and here and there and at a thousand points the light is breaking through.

It's one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in.

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.