Josh Billings Quotes

One should not maintain a dispute.

Fighting is not my life.

Every conflict can be removed.

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

There is a point beyond which conciliation looks like capitulation. I do not believe I passed that point, but others have thought otherwise.

What Tully said of war may be applied to disputing: "It should be always so managed as to remember that the only true end of it is peace." But generally true disputants are like true sportsmen,--their whole delight is in the pursuit; and the disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.

I believe there's no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended. They're created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.

We've all got to do everything we can to avoid conflicts.

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

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

I started to fight with the men. I raised my voice, and they started listening to me.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

I still believe that a fight between two brothers should not destroy peace and harmony and bring trouble to the common man.

I've learned It 's better to address conflicts head on and then move on.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

We will remain steady. We will pursue every avenue in the search for peace and stability.

Peace is never a perfect achievement.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.