peace - quotes

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), 65 BC-8 BC

was a Roman lyric poet & satirist

If you wish for peace, prepare for war.

(Publius Flavius) Vegetius (Renatus)

is a writer of the Later Roman Empire

If you want peace, prepare for war.

John (Winston) Lennon, 1940-1980

was an English singer and songwriter

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804

was a German philosopher

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

( “The Science of Right” )

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

was a 16th president of US

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. . . to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

Alex Noble

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.