“Peace did not serve order; order served peace, and when order became godlike, sacrosant and inviolate, then the peace thus won became a prison, and those who sought their freedom became enemies to order, and in the elimination of such enemies, peace was lost.”
Forge of Darkness (2013)
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Meeting with European legislators http://www.afghanistannewscenter.com/news/2000/june/jun23i2000.html (11 June 2000).

1930s, Quarantine Speech (1937)
Context: Those who cherish their freedom and recognize and respect the equal right of their neighbors to be free and live in peace must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles in order that peace, justice, and confidence may prevail in the world. There must be a return to a belief in the pledged word, in the value of a signed treaty. There must be recognition of the fact that national morality is as vital as private morality.

which the Scriptures call "false peace"
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 6, p. 112

1960s, The American Promise (1965)

“There, all is order and beauty only,
Splendor, peace, and pleasure.”
Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
"L'Invitation au Voyage" [Invitation to the Voyage] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Invitation_au_voyage_%28Les_Fleurs_du_mal%29
Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
Source: Die Mathematik die Fackelträgerin einer neuen Zeit (Stuttgart, 1889), p. 12.

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
On the awarding of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger, and Lê Ðức Thọ; one of his most quoted quips, it is often mentioned in articles and interviews, including "Stop clapping, this is serious" in Sydney Morning Herald (1 March 2003) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407753895.html
“It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.”
Source: Girl, Interrupted