Thaksin Shinawatra Quotes

No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.

I do not want war. I am not seeking revenge, even though I can see before my eyes the great sacrifices made by the Ukrainian people. I am seeking peace and will achieve Ukraine's unity.

I do not condone the use of violence.

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.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.

No violent extreme endures.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

Not all political actors share our vision of fighting terrorism, lessening tensions in the region and focusing on building the economy. It is natural that they would challenge the government, but we have fought every challenge effectively. The daily ups and down of democracy should not be interpreted as lack of stability.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

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

I like to win without fighting. But if I can't, then I'm prepared to fight.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Terror can never be defeated by force alone.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.

Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government.