Rand Paul Quotes

One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others.

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.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

We go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

We have to develop preventive diplomacy.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

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

You have to decide in advance whether you're ready go to war. If you guys are ready to send a million troops into Ukraine and fight World War III, you're going to do it without my support because I think that's a really foolish notion.

So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat

You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?” “Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.” “Probably?” “Maybe,” I said. “We’re down to maybe now?” I shrugged. “We’ll see.

Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few days, I believe they might consider how they could prevent another war between their countries." That gave me the idea, and a few weeks later, I invited both men to join me for a series of private talks. In September 1978, they both came to Camp David.

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.

I’m not starting World War III for you.

America’s fundamental aspiration is the preservation of peace…. This can only be done on the basis of comprehensive and appropriate information.

Foreign policy is like plumbing. You never notice it till it breaks and then all hell breaks loose.

Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.