Peaceful

Famous quotes containing the word peaceful:

“And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason’s garb,
Counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth,
Not peace.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)

“To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)