Famous Quotes

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

Adam Smith on Peace

More quotes about Peace

• "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

  Jimi Hendrix on Peace

• "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Peace

• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

  Mother Teresa on Peace

• "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Peace

• "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

  John Lennon on Peace

More quotes by Adam Smith

• "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

• "The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence."

• "The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."

• "All money is a matter of belief."

• "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."