Mark Burnett Quotes

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

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

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

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

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

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

You don't kill your way to peace.

There's always a way to talk.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

There is never a military solution to any problem.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.

How else are we going to get anywhere if we can't talk to each other?

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

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

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