Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tacitus

A bad peace is even worse than war.

Mona Sutphen

If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales.

Alan Cohen

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

Pope Paul VI

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

Pope Paul VI

Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called "an enterprise of justice" (Is. 32:7). Peace results from that harmony built into human society by its divine founder, and actualized by men as they thirst after ever greater justice.

Pope Paul VI

If you want peace, work for justice.

Nelson Mandela

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Nelson Mandela

One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible.

Nelson Mandela

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Adrienne Rich

When one woman tells her truth, it makes a space for other women to tell their truths.