Joe Sestak Quotes

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems.

We’re not going to need as many people to do peacekeeping as we needed to fight the war.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.

The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus among sides otherwise divided on the question of how and when America's longest-ever war should wind down.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

It is our duty to persuade the nations of the world, in whatever way that we can, to settle their differences in some other way. (Other than war)

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

There is never any military solution to any problem. Even when you have total victory you still have to go in and talk to people.

My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.

Compulsory arbitration is a practical instrument of pacification and, as such, it can and should be enacted by the Hague Conference.

From a very strategic level, I believe the military is part of the solution to better outcomes around the world, but at a higher level, it's really about economies.

I was always the mediator.

On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.

I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke.

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

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