Ludwig von Mises Quotes

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

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

Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked men, who may endeavor to make us enemies. By living in peace, we can help and prosper one another; by waging war, we can kill and destroy many on both sides; but those who survive will not be the happier for that.

I have to believe in the possibility of peace, because the alternative is to accept the inevitability of continual war, and of always living in fear. It doesn't have to be that way. However, there are no simple solutions, and I am not the possessor of a magic formula for peace. All I can say is that for peace to succeed it requires perseverance, patience, humility, compromise, and commitment, from all parties.

The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one another? Peace, brothers, is better than war. In a long and bloody war, we lose many friends, and gain nothing. Let us then live in peace and friendship together, doing to each other all the good we can.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.

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 never a perfect achievement.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

No more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.

War destroys, kills, impoverishes. Lord, give us your peace!

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

Peace renders nations happier and men weaker.

We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

We have got to extend the hand of friendship, we have got to take the peacelines down brick by brick

This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.

A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.

Anything war can do, peace can do better.

Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.