Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.