Juan Manuel Santos Quotes

Making peace is harder than making war.

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

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

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.

I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

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

The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last.

According to the “ripeness theory,” every conflict reaches a point when the parties are tired of confrontation and determine it is in their interest to make peace. With practical steps, principled leadership, and encouragement from the international community, the peace process still represents a win-win for both sides.

There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.

You don't make peace with your friends. That's the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

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

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.

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.

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

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.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

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