David Gemmell Quotes

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. You cannot subjugate a nation forcibly unless you wipe out every man, woman, and child. Unless you wish to use such drastic measures, you must find a way of settling your disputes without resort to arms.

Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.

We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.

So long as antimilitarists propose no substitute for war's disciplinary function, no moral equivalent of war, analogous, as one might say, to the mechanical equivalent of heat, so long they fail to realize the full inwardness of the situation.

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy which is in its own nature most violent, and which, in such cases, is a remedy only because it is violent, it is idle to think of mitigating and diluting. Languid war can do nothing which negotiation or submission will do better: and to act on any other principle is, not to save blood and money, but to squander them.

Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now.

We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.

I think that one can seek a way to eliminate war, and still agree that fighting the Nazis was a good thing.

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

If people want to make war they should make a color war, and paint each others’ cities up in the night in pinks and greens.

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect