All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity read more

All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.

The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with read more

The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with its rays of peace.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as read more

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of read more

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for read more

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. -Mother Teresa.

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.