Mark Twain Quotes

Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

That he was so enamoured on peace, that he would have been glad the king should have bought it at any price.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

The superior power may offer peace with honor and with safety.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

But the real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

An honorable peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human blood; but, if this war should continue, I wash to have the most active part in it.

If war is so easily averted as all this it does seem a pity no P[rime] M[inister] except Neville Chamberlain] has thought of it before. Peace without Honour seems to be what we have got. I'm glad. One can't expect both.

We shall never war except for peace.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

In great conflicts opportunities for peace are often missed and considerable and unnecessary violence follows.

Holding out the olive branch in one hand and displaying in the other than the means of offensive operations

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

We seek no wider war.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Peace is produced by war.