QUOTES AND NOTES ON WAR AND PEACE

ONE DAY WE MUST COME TO SEE THAT PEACE IS NOT MERELY A DISTANT GOAL WE SEEK, BUT THAT IT IS A MEANS BY WHICH WE ARRIVE AT THAT GOAL. WE MUST PURSUE PEACEFUL ENDS THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS. -- martin luther king, jr.

WE SHALL FIND PEACE. WE SHALL HEAR ANGELS. WE SHALL SEE THE SKY SPARKLING WITH DIAMONDS. -- anton chekov

THERE WAS NEVER A GOOD WAR OR A BAD PEACE. -- ben franklin

NATURALLY THE COMMON PEOPLE DON'T WANT WAR; NEITHER IN RUSSIA, NOR IN ENGLAND, NOR IN AMERICA, NOR IN GERMANY. THAT IS UNDERSTOOD. BUT AFTER ALL, IT IS THE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY WHO DETERMIN POLICY, AND IT IS ALWAYS A SIMPLE MATTER TO DRAG THE PEOPLE ALONG, WHETHER IT IS A DEMOCRACY, OR A FASCIST DICTATORSHIP, OR A PARLIAMENT, OR A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. VOICE OR NO VOICE, THE PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS BE BROUGHT TO THE BIDDING OF THE LEADERS. THAT IS EASY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, AND DENOUNCE THE PACIFISTS FOR LACK OF PATRIOTISM AND EXPOSING THE COUNTRY TO DANGER. IT WORKS THE SAME WAY IN EVERY COUNTRY...... -- hermann goering

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE PEACE, YOU DON'T TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS. YOU TALK TO YOUR ENEMIES. -- moshe dayan

IN PEACE SONS BURY THEIR FATHERS, IN WAR FATHERS BURY THEIR SONS. -- croesus