Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war. John Milton, Sonnet: To the Lord General Cromwell
The hasty inordinate demand for peace might be just as dangerous as the clamour for war. Robert Peel, House of Commons 1832
The United States has been opposing the peace process for twenty years. In fact not just opposing it but blocking it. Noam Chomsky, interview with Christopher Hitchens 1992, ‘Talk of the Nation, The American Political Spectrum’
Gallop polls: one of the questions posed is, Which country do you think is the gravest threat to world peace? The answer is unequivocal: the United States by a huge margin. Noam Chomsky, lecture The New School New York, ‘On Power and Ideology’, Youtube 1.16.30
The peace process is whatever we do. Noam Chomsky, lecture 1990, ‘Propaganda Model Language Manipulation and US Foreign Policy’
For I must go where lazy Peace
Will hide her drowsy head;
And, for the sport of kings, increase
The number of the dead. William D’Avenant, 1606-68, The Soldier Going to the Field, 1673
I successfully privatised world peace. Robo Cop II 1990 starring Peter Weller & Nancy Allen & Belinda Bauer & Dan O’Herlihy & Felton Perry & Tom Noonan & Roger Aaron Brown & William E Pugh & Gabriel Damon & Galyn Gorg & Stephen Lee & Robert DoQui et al, director Irvin Kershner
May peace rule the universe; may peace rule in kingdoms and empires; may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates; may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies. Virchand Gandhi
The waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all. Queen Elizabeth II, address United Nations
Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue. A state of mind. A disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life, 1978
Peace is indivisible. Maxim Litvinov, note to allies 25th February 1920
Give Peace a Chance. John Lennon & Paul McCartney, song 1969
Coltrane opens door: ... Well? What do you want?
Postman: The usual things … Peace … Happiness … The Comic Strip Presents ... s2e2: Dirty Movie, Channel 4 1984
Peace is in the grave.
The grave hides all things beautiful and good:
I am a God and cannot find it there. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound
Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace – but a peace I hope with honour. Benjamin Disraeli, speech 16th July 1878
The naked, poor, and mangled Peace,
Dear nurse of arts, plenties, and joyful births. William Shakepseare, Henry V V ii 34
A peace above all earthly disputes,
A still and quiet conscience. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII III ii 380
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. Proverbs 20:3
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Isaiah 57:21
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Luke 19:40
If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes. Luke 19:42
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. John 14:27
Ah! when shall all men’s good
Be each man’s rule, and universal peace
Lie like a shaft of light across the land? Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Golden Year, 1846
There is never peace where full liberty is not given, nor never stable peace where more than full liberty is granted. John Cotton, 1584-1652
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D Eisenhower
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein, attributions & variations
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas a Kempis, attributions & variations
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi
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
Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are. Hafsat Abiola
Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease,
He makes a solitude and calls it – peace! Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos II:20
I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled
Above the green elms, that a cottage was near,
And I said, If there’s peace to be found in the world,
A heart that was humble might hope for it here. Thomas Moore, Ballad Stanzas
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1895
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Sri Chinmoy Ghose, attributions & variations inc Jim Hendrix and John Lennon
Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. Paul Robeson
1989: Suddenly, it hit me – I shouldn’t have been part of this naive chorus about the end of history and the peace dividend. Christopher Hitchens, lecture Center for American Studies University of Western Ontario 2005, ‘The Axis of Evil’, Youtube 1.12.27
They believed the wars they fought were necessary and just. The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman s1e4: The Fight for Peace, National Geographic 2017
Drones might be the biggest distrupters yet making war possible at merely the push of a button. ibid.
Northern Ireland isn’t alone in equating the separation of warring sides with peace. ibid.
We are only here because of good luck not good management. ibid.
Ted, if you had three wishes, what would they be?
Ted: Three wishes? I don’t know really. Well I suppose the first thing would be world peace. And then maybe an end to hunger. And er [dreams of being disco king] … more money for hospitals, that kind of thing. Father Ted s1e2: Entertaining Father Stone, Channel 4 1995