What a historic day! Today the man who wasn't even allowed to participate in the 2000 Democratic National Convention will be inaugurated as our 44th President. So much is expected of this one man, so many hopes from people around the world rest on his slender shoulders. May God grant him the wisdom to do what is right, and the opportunities to follow through on his dreams for a better world.
To mark this day, I found some quotes about peace from throughout time and around the world. Wouldn't it be wonderful if fewer people felt the need for violence?
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be the children of God. ~ Jesus
There was never a good war or a bad peace. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of a good government. ~ Thomas Jefferson
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. ~ Dwight Eisenhower
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. . . War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that a warrior does today. ~ John F. Kennedy
All that we are is a result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. ~ Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. ~ Buddha
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. ~ Gandhi
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. ~ the Dalai Lama
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. ~ Maria Montessori
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Moshe Dayan
Either war is obsolete or men are. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one. ~ John Lennon
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. ~ Vince Gill
