William B. Richardson Quotes

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

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

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

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.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.

Peace itself is not made by documents. Peace is made by good will among men.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

Talk brings opponents together.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible

I assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that we shall discover ourselves in peace more than we have with war and confrontation, as I am sure that the Israelis, in turn shall find themselves in peace more than they have found it in war.

It's not going to be easy to create a world where both sides prefer peace, but we have to try.

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

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

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

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