Max Baucus Quotes

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

That is all that we want, what people want, what people want in New York, in Washington, in Pittsburgh, in any other place in the United States or in Europe. People want to live peacefully. That's what we want.

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.

Therefore no private Piques or Quarrels must be brought within the Door of the Lodge, far less any Quarrels about Religion, or Nations, or State Policy

It is important in a democracy to respect contrary opinion without impugning the motives or maligning the character of ones opponents. To view it any other way is to encourage the same type of sickness in public life that leads to assassinations.

Maintenance of good relations with the neighbours, friendship to all, malice to none is the policy I pursue throughout my life.

I think that we all got to have respect for each other. And we could all be more careful with the things we say.

I'm a hippie at heart - I always want everyone to be happy.

While artistes do want peace, it is not their preserve alone. Everyone wants peace just as much.

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.

Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing.

We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind's belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.

We really care about keeping the peace with people around us. We grew differently, that's all.

I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

IMAGINE PEACE: Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread #‎ PEACE .

I will continue to work for the advancement of freedoms in Egypt and the Arab world until I drop dead... Education itself - which can and should play an important role in the apprenticeship of tolerance and respect for other people -sometimes encourages identitarian closure, or even extremist behaviour... It is therefore vital to ensure that education does not encourage rejection of other people or identitarian closure, but that on the contrary it encourages knowledge and respect for other cultures, other religions and other ways of being and living.

I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all.

Peace is a stranger to the rigid mind. Peace is a guest of the flexible heart.

The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again

What we need is a generation of peace.

Peace is a virtual, mute, sustained victory of potential powers against probable greeds

if you learn to hate one or two persons... you'll soon hate millions of people.

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.