Peace Quotes

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PEACE QUOTES Compiled by the Universal Peace Federation www.upf.org

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A selection of quotes by notable people about peace

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PEACE QUOTES

Compiled by the Universal Peace Federation

www.upf.org

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THE FIRST DAY OR SO [IN SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY] WE ALL POINTED TO OUR COUNTRIES. THE THIRD OR FOURTH DAY WE WERE POINTING TO OUR CONTINENTS. BY THE FIFTH DAY WE WERE AWARE OF ONLY ONE EARTH. Sultan Bin Salman al-Suad

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PEACE IS NOT AN ABSENCE OF WAR; IT IS A VIRTUE, A STATE OF MIND, A DISPOSITION FOR BENEVOLENCE, CONFIDENCE, AND JUSTICE.

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Baruch Spinoza

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ALL WORKS OF LOVE ARE WORKS OF PEACE.Mother Teresa

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MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY, WE SHARE A COMMON DESTINY. WE CAN MASTER IT ONLY IF WE FACE IT TOGETHER.

Kofi Annan

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IN THE UNITY OF OUR NATIONS RESTS THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLES.Simon Bolivar

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HE BRINGS TOGETHER THOSE WHO ARE DIVIDED, HE ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO ARE FRIENDLY; HE IS A PEACEMAKER.

Buddhism

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PEACE IS THE ONLY BATTLE WORTH WAGING.Albert Camus

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PEACE IS FREEDOM IN TRANQUILITY.Cicero

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THE MAN OF PERFECT VIRTUE, WISHING TO BE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF, SEEKS ALSO TO ESTABLISH OTHERS; WISHING TO BE ENLARGED HIMSELF, HE SEEKS ALSO TO ENLARGE OTHERS.

Confucius

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IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WAY THE WORLD IS, YOU CHANGE IT. YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CHANGE IT. YOU JUST DO IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Marian Wright Edelman

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PEACE CANNOT BE KEPT BY FORCE. IT CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY UNDERSTANDING.Albert Einstein

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IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE IN PEACE.Mahatma Gandhi

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UNLESS THERE IS A SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE, THE WORLD WILL KNOW NO PEACE.Dag Hammarskjold

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IN PEACE SONS BURY FATHERS, BUT WAR VIOLATES THE ORDER OF NATURE, AND FATHERS BURY SONS. Herodotus

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WE SHALL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE NEW DAWN WHEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM ARE LIVING TOGETHER IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF THEIR THREE GREAT RELIGIONS, A LIFE FREE FROM FEAR, A LIFE IN PEACE.

King Hussein I, Jordan

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PEACE IS THE RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.Benito Juarez

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I DO NOT WANT THE PEACE WHICH PASSETH UNDERSTANDING. I WANT THE UNDERSTANDING WHICH BRINGETH PEACE.

Helen Keller

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THE MERE ABSENCE OF WAR IS NOT PEACE.John F. Kennedy

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WE MUST SHIFT THE ARMS RACE INTO A "PEACE RACE."Martin Luther King, Jr.

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IF EVERYONE DEMANDED PEACE INSTEAD OF ANOTHER TELEVISION SET, THEN THERE'D BE PEACE.

John Lennon

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EVERY ONE OF US CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. SOMETHING. JUST IMAGINE THE POWER OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

Wangari Maathai

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EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

Nelson Mandela

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NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.

Margaret Mead

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PEACE MAY SOUND SIMPLE -- ONE BEAUTIFUL WORD -- BUT IT REQUIRES EVERYTHING WE HAVE, EVERY QUALITY, EVERY STRENGTH, EVERY DREAM, EVERY HIGH IDEAL.

Yehudi Menuhin

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THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO COEXISTENCE IS CO-DESTRUCTION.Jawaharlal Nehru

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THE MORE WE SWEAT IN PEACE THE LESS WE BLEED IN WAR.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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TO REACH PEACE, TEACH PEACE.John Paul II

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PEACE REQUIRES A WORLD OF NEW CONCEPTS, NEW DEFINITIONS.Yitzhak Rabin

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IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT PEACE. ONE MUST BELIEVE IN IT. AND IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN IT. ONE MUST WORK AT IT.Eleanor Roosevelt

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PEACE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.Walt Whitman

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WE MAY CALL THAT GOD DIFFERENT NAMES BUT WE REMAIN ONE NATION.Barack Obama

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TOGETHER WE WANT TO HELP THE WORLD SEE AND BELIEVE IN A BETTER FUTURE.Ban Ki-moon

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SINCE WARS BEGIN IN THE MINDS OF MEN, IT IS IN THE MINDS OF MEN THAT THE DEFENSES OF PEACE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED.

Preamble, UNESCO Constitution