Harry S. Truman Quotes

War is what happens when language fails.

If you want peace, you have to accept the other. Talk to the other, and accept that they have rights.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

If two people live together, one has to be patient, and typically, the other one is very annoying.

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.

Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.

I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

Calm can solve all issues.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.