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| A peace establishment ought always to have two objects in view; the one, present security of posts and of stores, and the public tranquillity; the other, to be prepared, if the latter is impracticable, to resist with efficacy the sudden attempts of a | | George Washington | |
| All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. | | Otto von Bismarck | |
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| An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it | | John Paul Jones | |
| As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for war; and he may be justly hunted down, as the enemy of mankind, that can choose to snatch, by violence and bloodshed, what gentler means can equally obtain | | Samuel Johnson | |
| At the present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statements, but by capitalists | | Benjamin Disraeli | |
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| Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it | | George Washington | |
| But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in. | | D.H. Lawrence | |
| Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will | | Winston Churchill | |
| Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war | | Douglas MacArthur | |
| Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. | | Mahatma Gandhi | |
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| Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. | | Buddha | |
| France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the loaves and fishes which arise out of war expenses, as for the chance of changing the Constitution | | Thomas Jefferson | |
| I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. | | Helen Keller | |
| I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. | | Mahatma Gandhi | |
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| I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world. | | William Shakespeare | |
