Taisen Deshimaru Quotes

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Nothing can justify war.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

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

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.

We must take the profit out of war.

Law is always better than war.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.

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

We are much in the position of those who love peace so much that they are ready to fight for it.

If the minds of men can be turned even for a short time away from passion, race antagonism and from national aggrandizement to a contemplation of the individual and … to the shocking horrors which modern warfare entails, a step, and by no means a short one, will have been taken towards the substitution of justice for force in the settlement of institutional differences.

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

We pledge to you the sacrifice of our lives and property in support of whatever measures the dignity and liberties of the free sovereign and independent State may seem to your wisdom to demand.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired. but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

There's a very heavy burden of proof to be borne by anyone who calls for violence. Maybe it can be sometimes justified. Personally, I'm not a committed pacifist, so I think that, yes, it can sometimes be justified.