peace Quotes

On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations.

It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.

Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn't producing any more.

For many of the world's conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement.

The United States was seriously defeated in Iraq by Iraqi nationalism - mostly by nonviolent resistance. The United States could kill the insurgents, but they couldn't deal with half a million people demonstrating in the streets.

I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x, y or z wins the Nobel Prize, then so be it.