Tom Brokaw Quotes

The world needs a true leader, an Obama that promotes peace and understanding in the world.

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.

With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.

The President of the United States has more than the responsibility for the people of this country. He has the responsibility of providing hope for the people of the world.

Wise men promote peace in the world.

Obama provides hope. Whether he does anything, the hope that he provides for a nation and outside of America is enough. Just being who he is. You're the first black president. If he speaks on any issue or anything, he should be left alone.

Since the shock of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one of a kind and one of us.

America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship.

Barack Obama and his followers and his adorers have decided he can bring us all together, that he can reach across aisles, he can reach across oceans. Who knows, he might be able to reach across galaxies, bring people together, to find common ground from the mountaintop, and so, my friends.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

Churchill knew the importance of peace, and he also knew the price of it. Churchill finally got his voice, of course. He stressed strategy, but it was his voice that armed England at last with the old-fashioned moral concepts of honor and duty, justice and mercy.

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.

I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.