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One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?
One can always win a war, but how does one conquer 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.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.
Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably read more
The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own
sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if
we can, forcibly if we must."
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no read more
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. -John Foster Dulles.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.