Thurgood Marshall Quotes

The price of peace is righteousness.

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

I have no animosity against any living soul.

Let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice.

Peace lovers today would give up all justice.

A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge.

Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land.

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

I'm not angry at anyone.

I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace.

History is not hatred.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or they be black.