James Madison Quotes

We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows.

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

I’m not starting World War III for you.

Sanctions are not diplomacy; they are a precursor to war.

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone.

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

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

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

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea.

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

This terrible scourge of mankind, worse than famine or pestilence, ought not to be resorted to until every reasonable expedient has been adopted to avert it. When aggressions have been committed by the sovereign or representatives of the will of a nation, negotiation ought in all cases to be first tried, unless the rights of self-defense demand a contrary course.

You may meet commercial restriction with commercial restriction, but you cannot safely confront premeditated insult and injury with commercial restrictions alone.

Sanctions will not produce capitulation.

Serbia must now be dealt with.

Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.

For Italy, sanctions are never an end; they are an instrument that must be overcome as soon as possible.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

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.