Nelson Mandela Quotes

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

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

It's impossible to impose peace, only to create it.

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

If you want to make 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.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

There is no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. Conflicts are started by human beings, sustained by human beings, and they can be ended by human beings.

In great conflicts opportunities for peace are often missed and considerable and unnecessary violence follows.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history.

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

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

Making peace is harder than making war.

I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

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