Nikita Khrushchev Quotes

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

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not to shoot at the Jews.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.

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

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.

Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

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.

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

The world will not find rest by just saying "peace.

We know more about war than we do about peace.

Now the question is, how can we make our two peoples, both of whom love peace, come closer together.

In order to have peace in the Middle East both sides are going to have to put away history and make a leap of faith.

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.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

Anyone seeking a real solution in Israel and Palestine rejects the us-versus-them mentality entirely.

I feel it is my duty to take every single opportunity I get to advocate for peace, no matter the circumstances of those meetings.

President Sadat of Egypt made a historic breakthrough in 1977 when he put an end to war and convinced both Egyptians and Israelis that he was ready to make peace. He broke down the walls of suspicion and prejudice.

I know nobody believes in peace anymore, but what else is there to work toward? As the years have gone by, peace seems like more and more of an impossibility.

I don't see enough peace talk in society.

We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We can do things that challenge the conventional thinking that, you know, 'AIPAC doesn't like this,' or 'the Israeli government doesn't like this,' or 'the Gulf countries don't like it.' It's the possibility of improved relations with adversaries.

There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.