Peace Quotes
Not just the absence of war, but the presence of justice, understanding, and inner calm.
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"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."Booker T. Washington
"The great human problem is to learn to live as brothers and not as slaves."W.E.B. Du Bois
"I declare that the true republic is such wherein there is no man who has authority to compel another to be his slave."Susan B. Anthony
"I declare myself satisfied that my efforts have not been in vain."Susan B. Anthony
"You cannot separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom"Malcolm X
"Peace is what we all want, not war."Rosa Parks
"We must build a world based on love."Rosa Parks
"The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery."Frederick Douglass
"Hatred is something I have never harbored in my heart."Rosa Parks
"We must build a society based on mutual respect and understanding."Rosa Parks
"No nation has ever achieved lasting progress through violence and oppression."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The solution to our problems lies not in violence, but in truth and justice."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The day women have the ballot is the day we have peace."Susan B. Anthony
"The day women are truly free is the day the world will know peace."Susan B. Anthony
"They made the decision for war; but the women made the decision for peace and the resolution of all human differences by universal suffrage."Emmeline Pankhurst
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."Malcolm X
"I would at times feel that if I could only get my aching head and beating heart quiet, I would be happy."Frederick Douglass
"My resistance to injustice is not based on violence, but on firmness of principle."Rosa Parks
"I have learned that forgiveness is a path to peace."Rosa Parks
"Peace is the dream and hope of those who have suffered."W.E.B. Du Bois
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."Indira Gandhi
"Peace between two nations must rest on justice."Indira Gandhi
"Peace is not merely the absence of war."Jawaharlal Nehru
"The world is in transition and we must help it to find a peaceful path."Jawaharlal Nehru
"Peace begins within the individual."Jawaharlal Nehru
"In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."Booker T. Washington
"I want to be remembered as a person who worked to bring the races together."Rosa Parks
"I would like to see a world where all people are treated with respect."Rosa Parks
"I believe in the transformative power of nonviolence."Rosa Parks
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."Malcolm X