John Lennon Quotes

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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

We sit there because there is a war going on. But once we have peace we don’t want to be sitting on your Suez Canal.

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.

Citizens of Ukraine will never enjoy the beauty of peace unless we settle down our relations with Russia.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.

A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

Disarmament requires trust.

I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

I have never advocated war except as a means of 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.

I fought for peace in the fifties.

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.