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The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation. -- Jonathan Larson
What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars. -- Mikhail Gorbachev
Peace and not war is the father of all things. -- Ludwig von Mises
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. -- George Bernard Shaw
We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. -- Paul Hoffman
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. -- William Hazlitt
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. -- Baruch Spinoza
Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice. -- Tawakkol Karman
Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so. -- Fredrik Bajer
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. -- Ulrich Beck
I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday. -- Rufus Wainwright
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. -- John Holmes
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. -- Julien Benda
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war. -- William McKinley
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest. -- Michael Scheuer
The absence of war is not peace. -- Harry S. Truman
The mere absence of war is not peace. -- John F. Kennedy
The war is won, but the peace is not. -- Albert Einstein
To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering. -- Barry Goldwater
The alternative to peace is not war. It is annihilation. -- Raymond Gram Swing
the suppression of war is not the equivalent of peace. -- Vida Dutton Scudder
Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. -- John F. Kennedy
How come we play war and not peace?Too few role models. -- Bill Watterson
How come we play war and not peace?" "Too few role models. -- Bill Watterson
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice. -- Harrison Ford
We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. -- Paul Hoffman
Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war. -- John Lennon
With men, the state of nature is not a state of peace, but war. -- Immanuel Kant
This is War. Things like this also happen in peace time, but not so obviously. -- Ellen N. La Motte
Our choice is not between war and peace but between life with dignity or without -- Subcomandante Marcos
War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace. -- Philippa Gregory
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace. -- Theodore Roosevelt
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed. -- Catherine the Great
Hatred of war will not bring peace. Only love of peace will bring about those conditions. -- Seth
It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace. -- Joseph Story
Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense. -- Walker Percy
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace. -- Aristotle
The best gift that we can give to our enemy is not war, but forgiveness and peace. -- Debasish Mridha
I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
when the people of any country choose peace at all costs, not even generals can make war. -- Pearl S. Buck
A generation that hates war will not bring peace. A generation that loves peace will bring peace. -- Seth
I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times... -- Maxwell Perkins
If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace. -- Harry S. Truman
The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation. -- Hermann Hesse
Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace. -- Saint Augustine
Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable? -- Charles Sumner
Armies for the preservation of peace do not exist; they exist only for the triumphant exertion of war. -- Adolf Hitler
If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me. -- Mother Teresa
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. -- John Holmes
Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence. -- Amit Ray
This is a time for action Â? not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Peace is preferable to war. But it's not an absolute value, and so we always ask, "What kind of peace? -- Noam Chomsky
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.] -- George Herbert
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. -- Pope John Paul II
We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan. -- Geraldine Ferraro
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. -- Baruch Spinoza
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There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace. -- Ronald Reagan
The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all. -- Irene Khan
When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence. -- Jane Roberts
The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global -- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
One man can not wage a war alone. Therefore if humanity stops agreeing to go to war; there will be only peace. -- Richard Kevin Hartley
To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. -- Ludwig von Mises
My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs. -- Margaret Cho
Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam. -- Mosab Hassan Yousef
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. -- Benito Mussolini
The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace. -- Richard M. Nixon
The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war. -- Laozi
We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region. -- Hassan Rouhani
the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the United States. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Let's get rid of the suffering and bring real peace, which is not just the absence of war, but the absence of all negativity. -- David Lynch
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. -- William Beveridge
War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it. -- Bruce Sterling
Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted: peace is improvisation. -- Richard M. Nixon
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. -- Baruch Spinoza
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice -- Baruch Spinoza
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. -- William Beveridge
War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it. -- Bruce Sterling
3. War Peace & Action - 3B.02 LOVE & PEACEHatred goes not by hatred,Violence not by violence,Disappear hatred and violence,By love, understanding, non-violence.[241] - 3B -- Munindra Misra
On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.' -- Vikram Seth
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. -- Ludwig von Mises
I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat. -- Bill Ayers
A Good Leader Promotes Peace,Not War.A Good Leader Is For The People,Not For Himself.A Good Leader Does Not Watch His People Suffer. -- Godfrey Orateng
We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace. -- George W. Bush
What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists. -- Nicola Sturgeon
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with. -- Lois McMaster Bujold
It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized. -- Aristotle
We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. -- Thomas Jefferson
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free of moral acid). -- Friedrich Nietzsche
A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace. -- J. C. Ryle
A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration. -- Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre
Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes. -- Elie Wiesel
Peace does not mean the absence of war, peace means the presence of harmony, love, satisfaction and oneness. Peace means a flood of love in the world family. -- Sri Chinmoy
As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive. -- Muriel Rukeyser
We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai. -- Ashraf Ghani
And sweet and far as from a star, replied a voice which shall not cease, till drowning all the noise of war, it sings the blessed song of peace -- John Greenleaf Whittier
it is a higher gloryto stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war. -- Augustine of Hippo

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