David Wong Quotes

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at solutions through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided victory is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others.

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

Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, .. Nobody can have 100 percent of his desires. He must compromise.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides insist on getting everything that they want - that is to say 100 percent of their demands to be met, then there can never be a settlement.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

You have to give everybody another recourse as some means other than violence, no matter how distasteful it may be to have to deal with them and what they represent.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

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

Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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

Making peace is harder than making war.

Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts.

We're not losing the peace.

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.