Quotes on Peace & Disarmament


“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”
— A. J. Muste
“The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic.”
— John Dewey
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? ”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
— Baruch Spinoza
“There are causes worth dying for, but not worth killing for.”
— Albert Camus
“Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation. It is a gesture as strong as war.”
— Mary Roberts Rinehart
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles those who wield it. It’s a sword that heals.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.