Robert E. Lee Quotes

… resorting to retaliation means that your deterrence policy has failed.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

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

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

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

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

Violence is my last option.

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

I'm not a fighter. If there's something going on that I really feel strongly about, I'll certainly stand up but I pick my battles.

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

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

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

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

Law is always better than war.

Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.

I don't have to fight if I don't want to.

I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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

Although we are very strong, we are pursuing a very calculating and moderate policy. We prefer a political solution and are managing the situation accordingly.

The new government will not assail you. You can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors.