Pope Paul VI Quotes

Buried was the bloody hatchet. Buried was the dreadful war club ;, Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. There was peace among the nations.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

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

Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

Let us have peace.

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

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

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

The mere absence of war is not peace.

Warfare shall not exist in my kingdom.

We are destined to live together, on the same soil in the same land. We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough. We have no desire for revenge. We harbor no hatred towards you. We, like you, are people who want to build a home, to plant a tree, to love, live side by side with you in dignity, in empathy, as human beings, as free men. We are today giving peace a chance and again saying to you in a clear voice: Enough.

We are too good to make war our most successful enterprise.

It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up.

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

The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one another? Peace, brothers, is better than war. In a long and bloody war, we lose many friends, and gain nothing. Let us then live in peace and friendship together, doing to each other all the good we can.

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

War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.