Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba Quotes

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

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

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

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

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.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

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

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

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

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

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

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

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

Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.

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

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

There will be no fighting. We know that these fellows won’t fight.

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

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

For the sake of peace you have to accept risk.