Quotes About Diplomacy

One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage

A world without war is not in the cards.

Peace is produced by war.

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist.

People do not make wars; governments do.

Peace through strength works; but the flip side is war invited by weakness.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.

Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them. It can have almost no other useful purpose.

There's no war that will end all wars.

Der Krieg ist nichts als eine Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs mit Einmischung anderer Mittel. War is merely the continuation of policy with the admixture of other means.

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it cannot be the removal of one man.

It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.

It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island.