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Peace Quotes


"I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country."


"Understandably, no peace can sustained when people continue to suffer from hunger, lack of jobs, lack of basic public services - and most of all - lack of opportunity or hope."


"Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily."


"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."


"We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come."


"We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future."


"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."


"We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed."


"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."


"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."


"The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it."


"We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence."


"Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland."


"Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together."


"We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks."



"It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious."


"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace."


"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."


"Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well."



"It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces."


"I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot."


"You will find peace not by rearranging the external world but by accepting yourself."


"In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world."


"God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national soil, as well as the questions of the occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories. These are the bases on which peace will be built."


"I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders."


"The companion of patience is silence."


"That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two."
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