Fidel Castro Quotes

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

If Western civilization is to be saved from another relapse into the Dark Ages, it must be saved at the peace table.

Nation shall speak peace unto nation.

Suppose another war on a huge scale is threatened, how can it be averted by recognizing and patching up treaties with a Power which makes not the least secret--and the frankness of the actual Soviet leaders we must admit--of its desire and intention to smash our whole system of civilization, including Christianity.

It is our belief that nations should embrace dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes instead of rushing to arms, for suffering and bloodshed will ensue.

There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with.

I would lie in bed at night composing letters to Kennedy and Khrushchev, trying to convince them that they really didn't want to blow up the world. It seemed so simple to me that we just shouldn't hurt each other.

If civilization has an opposite, it is war.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?

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

Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.