Quotes About Diplomacy

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war.

Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

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

No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.

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

Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

I am insulted by the persistent asertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

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

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

No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

When diplomacy ends, War begins.

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

War is the supreme failure of bridging the differences between nations.

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

Democracies do not go to war. War is not our expression of thought.