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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

When it comes to matters of war and peace, we must not act rashly.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.