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- And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
- Bible, Isaiah 32:17
- Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. - Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226), "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)
- If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
- I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
- Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
- Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
- Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004
- People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950), (attributed)
- As Americans, we want peace -- we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), October 7, 2002
- American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
- The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Inaugural address, 2001
- We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
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