Langston Hughes Quotes

If Mr. Obama could walk across the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima - whose balustrades were designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi as a reminder both of his ties to East and West and of what humans do to one another out of hatred - it would be both a real and a symbolic step toward creating a world that knows no fear of nuclear threat.

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

And now, as in no other age, we seek it [peace] because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.

Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.

Let us pray for peace, and let us bring it about, starting in our own homes.

Peace should be our future.

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

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

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

May peace rule the universe, may peace rule in kingdoms and empires, may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates, may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Women have a great responsibility...to try...to prevent another war. I hope...that we will be able to use this great atomic energy...for peaceful work.

Wise men promote peace in the world.

Do not listen to those who set up doctrines which are dangerous to the peace of the world.

Nation shall speak peace unto nation.