Quotes About Tension

If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

The Cold War may be 'over' for the West. For the Soviets it has entered a new, active and promising phase.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

When diplomacy ends, War begins.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

War is the normal state of the people.

Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war.

It's east to start a war in any country

I'm not sure that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know that we're at war.

Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.