When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]

To get Peace you must work for Justice.

To get Peace you must work for Justice.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

Peace be with you.
[Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]

Peace be with you.
[Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.