Reduction of armaments would be a long step toward the prevention of war.
Peace Quotes
Instead of war, there can be civilian-based defense: planned-ahead, trained protest and refusal to cooperate, and disruptive acts such as strikes and boycotts. By such nonviolent means, ordinary people acting together can win out over attempted takeover at home or from abroad. A civilian population can (as in Poland) refuse to be convinced it has […]
Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile – smile five times a day to someone you don’t really want to smile at all – do it for peace. So let us radiate the peace of God and so light his […]
There is no way to peace, peace is the way.
Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war.
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.
The time for peace has come. We, the soldiers who have returned from battles stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes… we who have come from a land where parents bury their children… we say today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. […]
Peace is not a passive but an active virtue. Our Lord never said, “Blessed are the peaceful,” but “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
Peace is a very great good. The statement is commonly attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Peace is not merely the absence of warfare but the presence of justice.” St. Augustine said it first in speaking of peace as tranquillitas ordinis. Right order is always in short supply. And there will always be disagreement over […]
