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.

Anti War Quotes

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

No war has ever won in the history, because people died in every single war! Where there are deaths, there is no victory!

No war has ever won in the history, because people died in every single war! Where there are deaths, there is no victory!

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.