Richard Paul Salbato Quotes

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

I did not want bloodshed. I did not want my people killed. I did not want anybody killed....I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.

There are things more important than peace.

So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity

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.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

Can we all get along?

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

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

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.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

The price of peace is righteousness.

I prefer the path of peace over war.

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

History is not hatred.

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

The world would have peace if the men of politics would only follow the Gospel.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.