Quotes About Diplomacy

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

War is not the continuation of policy. It is the breakdown of policy.

War is a bankruptcy of policy

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.

We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation.

The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor.

Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.

It said, 'War Is Not the Answer.' I disagree. I think war absolutely is the answer. And if you don't agree with me, happy Fourth of July.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.

Any peace is better than any war

On this question of war, three things are to be considered. First, the right of declaring it: secondly, the expense of supporting it: thirdly, the mode of conducting it after it is declared.

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

Why then would people look to the United Nations as an instrument of peace, if instead all it is, is an instrument of putting out declarations that nobody intends to take seriously anyway?

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

If you wish for peace, understand war.

We have to Build Bridges of Peace Instead of building Walls of Wars.

War itself is the enemy of the human race.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

When someone makes a move Of which we don't approve, Who is it that always intervenes? U.N. and O.A.S., They have their place, I guess, But first send the Marines!

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far.