Norman Cousins Quotes

The problems of peace are greater than the problems of war.

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the democratic process and encouraging elections, in spite of the fact that a war was going on in several of these countries.

I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.

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.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.

Six years ago today war was declared. Now we are starting again with officially declared peace the world in physical and spiritual chaos. History in the making can be most exhausting.

You cannot have prosperity without peace. Without peace, China cannot continue to develop itself.

It is easier to obstruct peace than it is to promote it.

Americans have learned that it is harder to end wars than it is to begin them

Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.

Sustaining Peace is happening. But it is the exception - not the norm.

You can’t have peace without a war.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

We are for peace, but we accept the challenge of the enemy. We will protect our motherland.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

Peace is never a perfect achievement.

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, .. Nobody can have 100 percent of his desires. He must compromise.

Shaykh Bin Bayyah described his purpose. We must declare war on war so the outcome will be peace upon peace.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

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