Gary Sherman Quotes

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

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

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.

History has proved that the most ardent enemies have settled their differences through talks and not war.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

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.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.

Diplomacy without arms is music without instruments.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency. Arbitration is the true method of settlement of international as well as local or individual differences.

This is a breath of fresh air for our region—solving a political problem without resorting to violence …

There is never a military solution to any problem.

There is never any military solution to any problem. Even when you have total victory you still have to go in and talk to people.