Mark Kurlansky said this quote

It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier to end the peace than end the war, because peace is fragile and war is durable.

~ Mark Kurlansky

It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jetliner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat. – Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, 1968

~ Mark Kurlansky

One of humankind's most enduring misconceptions is that of nature's bounty... the belief that nature is such a powerful force that it is indestructible.

~ Mark Kurlansky

Even creative nonviolence can go unnoticed unless participants are attacked.

~ Mark Kurlansky