The purpose of all war is ultimately peace
Augustine, Saint

It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces
Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.
Benda, Julien

Where his rule meant terror and division and brutality, let his capture bring about unity, reconciliation and peace between all the people of Iraq.
Blair, Tony Charles Lynton

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin pricks that precede canon shots.
Bonaparte, Napoleon

The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world
Bunche, Ralph Johnson

My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is 'peace for our time.' Go home and get a nice quiet sleep
Chamberlain, Arthur Neville

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence
Chavez, Cesare

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

If the human race wishes to have prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

Let Europe arise again in glory, and by her strength and unity ensure the peace of the world
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

I prefer the most unjust peace to the justest war that was ever waged.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith
Dulles, John Foster

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war
Dulles, John Foster

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men who refuse military service.
Einstein, Albert

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.
Einstein, Albert

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
Eisenhower, President Dwight David

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
Escher, Maurits Cornelis

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Gandhi, Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand

Indeed, for a long time, peace was understood in the negative fashion, simply as the absence of war.
Garlan, Yvon