Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?

My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace. I want Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and in peace with itself.

If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?

My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace.

Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

Peace is important for Israel.

For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people.

To the citizens of Israel, I say: we have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcame them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace.

The Palestinian Arabs will have their autonomy, we will have our security. We shall live together.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

The old notion: security brings peace. The new notion: peace brings security.

No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.

Peace is a human right and those who deny you peace are those who are violating an essential right.

It had always been one of my convictions that Jews and Arabs could live together. Even as a child it never occurred to me that Jews might someday be living in Israel without Arabs, or separated from Arabs. On the contrary, for me it had always seemed perfectly normal for the two people to live and work side by side. That is the nature of life here and it always will be.... though Israel is a Jewish nation, it is, of course, not only a Jewish nation...

We are not willing to accept that mothers and fathers on the other side don’t want peace. They also want it, and I understand that they have a lack of hope just like here.

There's no reason we can't all live harmoniously together, and that's what I would say to the head of Iran.

Defending peace is the duty of all.