Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

You cannot have prosperity without peace. Without peace, China cannot continue to develop itself.

To many, peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. To some - especially those from regions involved in conflict - peacekeeping and efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future.

No nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Reconstruction requires security and security requires reconstruction.

For development, peace is essential.

An environment of peace and security is essential for regional cooperation to progress and achieve economic development and prosperity of our people.

Peace is a pre-requisite for development.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we seek it because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing.

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

I resigned from the Marine Corps and flying in 1974, even though I loved them both. I quit because I no longer wanted to fight for peace. Instead, I believe we can build a more sustainable peace by working for prosperity.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

Peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. Efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future.

… the many armed conflicts which continue to afflict the world today present us daily with dramatic images of misery, hunger, illness and death. Without peace, there can be no form of economic development.  Violence never begets peace, the necessary condition for development.

Economic development is a great pacifying force.

This may not be a just peace, but it is more just than the continuation of war.

Imagine what Nigeria could do for Africa if it was also free of Boko Haram's violence.

The Iraqis are committed to their rights as much as they are committed to the rights of others. Without peace they will be faced with many obstacles that would stop them from fulfilling their human role.

Without justice, there can be no peace.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

Real peace is more than the absence of war; it is an absence of the causes of war.

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.