Alex Morrison Quotes

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

To many, peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. To some - especially those from regions involved in conflict - peacekeeping and efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future.

Reconstruction requires security and security requires reconstruction.

We stand with the government and people of Afghanistan in their quest for peace, stability and prosperity.

When you've won the war, you're faced with the problem of winning the peace.

It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

In Kashmir, you need utmost cooperation between all centres of authority.

Peace is a pre-requisite for development.

Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!

What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.

If there is no peace in Central America, it will not be because Costa Rica, and myself as president, have not done what is necessary to obtain peace.

When you're dealing in situations that are uncontrollable and combustible, you try to stabilize the situation as quickly as you can and then work toward and work out toward democratic reform.

We will bring justice to the savage terrorists known as Boko Haram. They will be defeated.

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.