Adam Schiff Quotes

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better.

Democracies don't fight each other. Terrorists don't tend to come from places where they feel like they have recourse in a political system.

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war.

A world without war is not in the cards.

The mere absence of war is not peace.

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.

Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.

I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

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

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

We're not going to cure terrorism and spread peace and goodwill in the Middle East by killing innocent people, or I'm not even saying our bullets and bombs are killing them. The occupation that they don't have food. They don't have clean water. They don't have electricity. They don't have medicine. They don't have doctors.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.

What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists.

I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

War is over if you want it.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.