Terry Waite Quotes

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

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

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

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

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

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

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.

God does not always give victory to the leaders by means of the sword, nor are such things always accomplished by fighting. But what toil has not procured, words have often effected, and the greatest trophies have been erected by friendly and propitiatory intercourse. Let us therefore not spend our time here uselessly, but endeavor to accomplish something sensible and courageous for our own safety… Let each one of us studiously try to win over the barbarian who guards our respective section.

Conciliation is the enemy.

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

Peace itself is not made by documents. Peace is made by good will among men.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.