Eugene McCarthy Quotes

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

An honorable peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human blood; but, if this war should continue, I wash to have the most active part in it.

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

… not merely peace in our time but peace for all time. To achieve it, it is necessary to examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable — that mankind is doomed — that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made — therefore, they can be solved by man.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Peace is produced by war.

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

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.

We want peace, but not at any price.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

War is over if you want it.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.