Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've already seen evidence of that in New York, in Pennsylvania, in California. The first thing is we have to get on the same page. We have to be united in one cause.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

I accept your nomination in the confident trust that the masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm which has so long divided them, forgetting that they have been enemies in the joyous consciousness that they are, and must henceforth remain brothers.

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.

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

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.

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.

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

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

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.

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

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

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

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

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

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

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

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

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

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.