Jane Goodall Quotes

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

You can’t have peace without a war.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

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.

War is what happens when language fails.

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

… what a fearful waste it is that we have to go killing each other before even a difference of opinion can be settled amongst people of the same nation.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

It is very important for I think those of us who desperately want peace, who see war as, at some level, a break-down, a manifestation of human weakness, to understand that sometimes it’s also necessary – and you know, to – to be able to balance two ideas at the same time; that we are constantly striving for peace, we are doubling up on our diplomacy, we are going to actively engage, we are going to try to see the world through other people’s eyes and not just our own.

Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.

War should always be the absolute last resort.

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish.