Quotes About Conflict

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

Hamas cannot make peace with the Israelis. That is against what their God tells them. It is impossible to make peace with infidels, only a ceasefire.

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.

It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control.

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence

Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s.

In the name of peace They waged the wars ain't they got no shame