Famous Quotes & Sayings

Otto von Bismarck

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

It's important in our talks with Abbas to hear how women are represented in peace negotiations, how Palestine views the position of women and how resources are distributed.

Israel has been extremely aggressive, they have continued with their settlement policies, they have continued demolitions, they have continued with their occupation policies which entail a humiliation of Palestinians, which makes the (peace) process difficult.

Paul Theroux

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

Francois Hollande

It will be very important for us to continue to keep up the necessary pressure, the necessary vigilance, for there to be peace in Ukraine, our trust in the goodwill of President (Vladimir) Putin is limited. It is why we have to maintain our decision about sanctions.

Francois Hollande

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

Maggie Kuhn

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

Maggie Kuhn

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

Madame de Stael

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Haruki Murakami

There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.

Harlan Ellison

For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.

Gustav Stresemann

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

Gustav Stresemann

Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation.

John Dryden

At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.

Lord Acton

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

Jim Wallis

Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says �peacemakers.� He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.

John Buchan

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

John Boyle O'Reilly

For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.

John Boehner

It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region, in the weeks ahead, Republicans and Democrats in Congress will continue to press The Obama administration on the details of these parameters and the tough questions that remain unanswered. We will stand strong on behalf of the American people and everyone in the Middle East who values freedom, security, and peace.

Matthew Arnold

Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar! The will to neither strive nor cry, The power to feel what others give! Calm, calm me more! nor let me die Before I have begun to live.

Matthew Arnold

All this I bear, for, what I seek, I know: Peace, peace is what I seek, and public calm: Endless extinction of unhappy hates.

Max Born

The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure.

Maria Montessori

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Karl Marx

All social life is essentially practical. All mysterious which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of the practice.

Karl Marx

May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are 'peaceful'.

Kaley Cuoco

James Garner is like a peaceful river through our chaos.

Judith Guest

Make peace with what is.

Judith Butler

Peace is a resistance to the terrible satisfactions of war .

Jude Law

I think the message of peace is for everyone.

Gerald R. Ford

A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generationmy generationknows from four very bitter experiences. Just as Americas will for peace is second to none, so will Americas strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats Grape-Nuts on principle.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

Joseph Stalin

[After Communism succeeds] ...then, there will come a peace across the earth.