Steven Crowder Quotes

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'

There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain.

We want no wars of conquest; we must avoid the temptation of territorial aggression.

Whenever a foreign nation is conquered or has by their own will accepted the Great Peace their own system of internal government may continue, but they must cease all warfare against other nations

Conquest or superiority among other powers is not or ought not ever to be the object of republican systems.

… the most effective work for peace that we can do is to make it clear that not a British life shall be sacrificed for the sake of Russian hegemony of the Slav world.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

I'm a pacifist by nature.

Never underestimate or mock peace.