“The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies” WorldWarPeaceIntellectualGiantsAnti WarAntiwarPeace WarUbuntuPeace JusticeMake Peace Not WarPeace Not War Author:Basil O'Connor
“Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called "an enterprise of justice" (Is. 32:7). Peace results from that order structured into human society by its divine founder, and actualized by men as they thirst after ever greater justice.” MenHumansWarPeaceJusticeResultsEnemyGreaterDivineBalanceBuiltHarmonyAbsenceEnterpriseDictatorshipFoundersThirstMaintenanceHuman SocietyUbuntuPeace And JusticePeace JusticePeace Not WarBalance Of Power Author:Pope Paul VI
“To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men, and therefore the common good of humanity. Peace cannot be limited to a mere absence of war, the result of an ever precarious balance of forces. No, peace is something that is built up day after day, in the pursuit of an order intended by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men.” MenHumansWarSpiritualFormHumanityOrderForcePeaceJusticePerfectResultsCommonStruggleProgressConditionsBalanceBuiltMiseryMereInjusticeAbsencePursuitCommon GoodUbuntuPeace And JusticePrecariousPeace JusticePeace Not WarSpiritual Progress Book:On the development of peoples Source: On the development of peoples
“War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view 'realistically'; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome. In all-out war, expenditure is all-out, unprudent – war being defined as an emergency in which no sacrifice is excessive.” PeopleWarEyePeaceViewsSacrificeActivityPracticalsDefinedOutcomesExpensesAntiwarEmergenciesUbuntuExpendituresPeace Not War Author:Susan Sontag
“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.” WarFightingPoliticsPeaceEnemyWords Of WisdomBattleExcellenceSupremeResistanceConquerPersuasionArt Of WarTotal WarStrategistMake Peace Not WarPeace Not WarBreaking PromisesEastern PhilosophyWar StrategyStratagemFighting BattlesMilitary LeadershipWill To FightMilitary StrategyPolitics And War Book:Strategy Six Pack Source: Strategy Six Pack
“Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.” MenWayMadeWarCulturePeaceInstitutionsOrganizedMake Peace Not WarPeace Not War Author:Fred M. Vinson
“[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.” WarPeaceWealthMoneyEssenceProsperityIncomeRisingAnti WarAntiwarShiftingPeace WarGreat WarUbuntuMake Peace Not WarPeace Not WarCost Of War Author:Ludwig von Mises