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- I know myself know; and I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VIII, Act III, sc. 2
- I think the mark of a great ruler, is not his ability to make war but to achieve peace.
- Monica Fairview, Darcy Cousins, 2010
- If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799), Fifth annual address to Congress, December 13, 1793
- Yes, God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.
- Ely Culbertson, Must We Fight Russia, chapter 5, 1946
- At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Letter to Mrs. Sarah Brydges Willyams, October 17, 1863
- Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
- Will Durant and Arial Durant, The Lessons of History, Chapter 11, 1968
- Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Mr. Dumas, March 24, 1793
- That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Benjamin Waring and others, March 23, 1801
- For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.
- Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677), Tractatus Politicus
- Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), Address to the United States Senate, January 22, 1917
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