Thomas More Quotes

Warfare shall not exist in my kingdom.

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions.

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.

My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?

We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.

Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.

I want that there should be a belief, a faith in the possibility of removing mountains to the side of right. If we believe that war is wrong, as everyone must, then we ought to believe that by proper efforts on our part, it may be done away with.

Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

shane: so is world war fifteen over out there? claire:i think so

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Whenever you have a possibility of going in two ways, either for peace or for war, for peaceful methods of for military methods, in the present age there is a strong prejudice for the peaceful ones. War seldom ever leads to good results.

No more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.