"I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war."
Cicero
"The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war."
Desiderius Erasmus
"The arms race can kill, though the weapons themselves may never be
used...by their cost alone, armaments kill the poor by causing them to
starve."
Vatican statement to the U.N., 1976
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
Mohandas K. Gandhi
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."
John F. Kennedy
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"All we are saying is give peace a chance..."
John Lennon
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
Abraham Lincoln
"Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared."
Henri Nouwen
"If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms."
Pope Pius VI
"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars -- yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments."
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
George Washington
"There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
Woodrow Wilson
