Michael Franti Quotes

I think 'Make love, not war' might be the most profound statement that's ever been made.

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.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Make Love, Not War

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

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

Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.

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

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

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

I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.

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

The vast majority of the peoples of the world are against war and against aggression. If they make their wishes known and effective, war can be stopped. It all depends on whether they are willing to make the effort necessary for the purpose

Warfare shall not exist in my kingdom.

War would end if the dead could return.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

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.

We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

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

To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

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.

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