Hillary Clinton Quotes

Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

We could have peace in one year if women were organized.

Women are rarely represented at the peace tables. That’s probably why we have so many wars.

You need women to participate in the peace process. They are the guardians of the village.

I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty, breaking out of stagnation. It's women who can contribute to achieving real security - not bombs and bullets and repressive governments.

Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.

The power of women in the politics is a soft power. It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region... are making by giving a chance to women.

Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

This is a question our women must answer; upon their loins depends the future destiny of the nation.

It is a hard, tough time now in the Middle East, and it is up to people to change things.—not only by changing regimes and political stuff, but also by believing in women.

Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.

Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies.

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

The peace process we all aim for will not necessarily be a result of the mere signing of a treaty or agreement. It must become a matter of our everyday lives, so that peace settles and lasts and becomes supported by everybody. We therefore have to give peace all the required care and preserve it and promote it.

It's insulting when outsiders come in and tell a traumatized people what it will take for them to heal... People who have lived through a terrible conflict may be hungry and desperate, but they are not stupid. They often have very good ideas about how peace can evolve, and they need to be asked. That includes women. Most especially women.

The strength of women and women's rights around the world are especially important because that affects children and families. And the cascade effect is remarkable.

When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society... Women are the world's most underused resource.

To have world peace, we all have to have a healthy understanding of what is necessary to bring World Peace. It's not something that will be dropped on our laps. We have to work for it. Until we get World Peace, I think my strongest passion stays in the effort to get it.

If you want peace, you've got to deal with people; you don't just deal with objects. And whether they take it as a responsibility or not, the success or failure in Kosovo is going to be the success or failure of building, first, economic hope, and then trying to heal the damage that's been done.

Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.

Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.

If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN!

Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action