Quotes about Peace: Part Four

"There have been periods of history in which episodes of terrible violence occurred but for which the word violence was never used.... Violence is shrouded in justifying myths that lend it moral legitimacy, and these myths for the most part kept people from recognizing the violence for what it was.  The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.  The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. " -Gil Bailie

"Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet."  -Daniel Webster

"In violence we forget who we are. " -Mary McCarthy

"It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence... and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect. " -Manitonquat

All quotes from QuoteGarden; contributed by SA, age 16