Who said it? - Quotes Quiz

Who said it? - Quotes Quiz

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. Here are the famous quotes on peace from great personalities. Can you identify who said these words?

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1. "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding". Who said this?

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
Albert Einstein
Alfred Nobel
Enrico Fermi

2. "It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it." These were the words by the longest-serving first lady of the United States. Who is she?

Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosalynn Carter
Hillary Clinton
Michelle Obama

3. "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Whose words are these?

Dalai Lama
Nelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi
Francis Bacon

4. "Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." A Hollywood actor, who later became the President of the United States said these words. Who is?

Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter

5. Name the Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist who said: "If you want peace, you do not talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies"

Aung San Suu Kyi
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Desmond Tutu

6. "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." This is a famous quote from a well-known Nobel Peace Prize-winning personality. Can you name the person?

Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi
George Bernard Shaw

7. "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." These words were from a famous Indian leader duringand interview in the 1980s. Who is this personality?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

8. "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say that 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." Name the singer who said these words

Michael Jackson
Justin Bieber
Elvis Presley
John Lennon

9. "Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time." Can you identify the US President who said this?

Richard Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
Lyndon B Johnson
Barack Obama

10. "If you want to end the war then Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers." Identify the speaker

Nadia Murad
Malala Yousafzai
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Tawakkol Karman

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