Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

Our Russian policy must not be dictated by people who have already made up their minds there is no possibility of working with the Russians and that our interests are bound to conflict and ultimately lead to war. From my point of view, this is an untenable position and can but lead to disaster.

What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.

We've got to take confrontation out of the centre of politics. With fighting, no one wins; with dialogue, everyone wins.

Every fight should be settled through love and dialogue.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

It's better to have a dialogue with your enemies than not.

My policy is trust—peace, and to put aside the bayonet

... the greatest moral victory in the history of civilization if it actually keeps out of a war.

Enduring peace will come about, not by countries continuing to threaten another, but only through an honest effort to create mutual trust.

Our system will prevail but it must be tested by talk and trade.

The progress and survival of civilization [are] dependent upon ... the realization ... of the utter futility of force as an arbiter.

The world does not grow better by force or by the policeman's club.

We will be no worse if we try diplomacy and fail.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.