Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We make war that we may live in peace.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

We go about peace in a very belligerent way, don't we.

We shall never war except for peace.

Yoiu have to fight in order to live in peace.

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

Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.

In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Some people put up a peace sign with one hand. Some people put up the middle finger instead. I use two hands and put up both.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.

You don't kill your way to peace.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

Peace can be neither coerced nor enforced.

Peace is security.

Weapons do not make peace; men make peace.

The progress and survival of civilization [are] dependent upon ... the realization ... of the utter futility of force as an arbiter.

Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.

Peace at any price.

I want peace and am willing to fight for it.

The sad truth is that the opposite of 'war' is not 'peace'.

Peace is the necessary rational end of rational men.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.