Jens Stoltenberg Quotes

That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.

Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

Peace, if possible, but justice at any rate.

The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand.

If you want peace work for justice.

Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort.

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.

Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.

On my knees, I beg of you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the path of peace. Those who resort to violence always claim that only violence brings about change. You must know there is a political, peaceful way to justice.

Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are those dedicated enough to humanity to find a way to avoid war

The world is tired of seeing the perpetuation of violence and terrorism, but the effort to create a real peace needs to go hand in hand with the struggle to restore justice.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

If you want peace, work for justice.

Peace with justice is very difficult. My people need both, but we need peace more.

There is no way to produce peace at the expense of anyone’s freedom.

… you can have peace at the barrel of a gun, but unless you have peace with justice and self-determination, and allow people to exist in a way where they feel they have had justice done, they can determine their own future, you will never have a just situation, you will never have peace.

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

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.

Dr. King gave his life to peace and justice and reconciliation between people, black and white, rich and poor, and he was a great hero for not only people who were oppressed in our country but for people who believed in justice both here and around the world.

You can’t have peace without a war.

War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political.

Please give your life to peace, justice and care.

I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.