Ayelet Shaked Quotes

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

At all hazards you must not let this matter grow to a war with England even if you are right and we are wrong.

Nations drift into wars.

Statesmen should, you see, be very careful how they proceed to acts of positive hostility against the towns or inhabitants of any country with whom they ever intend to be on terms of alliance or kindness

As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

In one question you are expressing a world of opinion. Because it is you who thinks that America has been mistakenly starting these conflicts. I happen to agree with you, and I will repeat what your question suggested...we have mistakenly gotten into one fracas after another. Why we do that [United States has insisted on keeping up a string of enemies, and the wars associated with creating those enemies], I think it's because we're afraid to look in the mirror and understand who we are.

I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.

With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is our fault. But we didn't kill Russian civilians by shooting down a civilian airplane. We didn't attempt to conquer an adjacent country to ours. We didn't walk out on negotiations and refuse to give a date for when we would resume.

Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted.

For the Russians, frankly, it's time that we punched the Russians in the nose. They've gotten away with too much in this world and we need to stand up against them, not just there, but also in Eastern Europe where they threaten some of our most precious allies.

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

The Finnish way of dealing with Russia, whatever the situation, is that we will be very decisive to show what we don't like, where the red line is.

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

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.

I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.

Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

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

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.