“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding”
A Prescription for Hope (1985)
Context: Perhaps the signal accomplishment of the IPPNW has been the broad-based, free-flowing dialogue between physicians of the two contending power blocs. We heed Einstein's words, "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding". In a world riven with confrontation and strife, IPPNW has become a model for cooperation among physicians from East and West, from North and South. Paranoid fantasies of a dehumanized adversary cannot withstand the common pursuit of healing and preventing illness.
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Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
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Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2009, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)
Context: I understand why war is not popular, but I also know this: The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. That's why NATO continues to be indispensable. That's why we must strengthen U. N. and regional peacekeeping, and not leave the task to a few countries.
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Gerald Ford (1913–2006) American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)
State of the Union Address (12 January 1977) http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/761057.htm <br class="br">1970s <br class="br">Context: The exclusive right to declare war, the duty to advise and consent on the part of the Senate, the power of the purse on the part of the House are ample authority for the legislative branch and should be jealously guarded. But because we may have been too careless of these powers in the past does not justify congressional intrusion into, or obstruction of, the proper exercise of Presidential responsibilities now or in the future. There can be only one Commander in Chief. In these times crises cannot be managed and wars cannot be waged by committee, nor can peace be pursued solely by parliamentary debate. To the ears of the world, the President speaks for the Nation. While he is, of course, ultimately accountable to the Congress, the courts, and the people, he and his emissaries must not be handicapped in advance in their relations with foreign governments as has sometimes happened in the past.
Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician
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