Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace read more

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, read more

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war read more

I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war termed a mistake that he was dead.

President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed read more

President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed by an extremist Hindu
at Cleveland City Club..
(to which could be added:
Many American soldiers have been killed by extremist Christians).

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.