Jan Egeland Quotes

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

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

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

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

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

It is our duty to persuade the nations of the world, in whatever way that we can, to settle their differences in some other way. (Other than war)

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.

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

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

We can prevent fighting by limiting weapons or finding nonviolent ways to end disputes.

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

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

War settles nothing.

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

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

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

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.

I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.

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

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.

The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.

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

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.

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