Quotes About Conflict

Ireland is a fatal disease fatal to Englishmen and doubly fatal to Irishmen.

...patriotism has become a narrow offensive sentiment which as long as it lives will maintain war and exhaust the world

The line between patriot and terrorist is drawn by the historian.

For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we're in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.

Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing.

The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.