Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation, than the terror of destruction.

Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

Politics is the womb in which war develops - where its outlines already exist in their hidden rudimentary form, like the characteristics of living creatures in their embryos.

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.

Today is a good day for war to end.

The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party.

At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.

The true objective of war is peace.

We ain't goin' study war no more.

Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other.

If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

Now, it's high time for all those that have an influence on the parties with the conflict to understand that it is in the interest of everybody to put an end to this conflict. But this kind of persuasion, this kind of intense pressure, I believe it's my duty to do, even if I recognize that the contradictions and the different perceptions of interest that exist are making it very difficult.

The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.

I, serial number 30743, Lieutenant General in reserves Yitzhak Rabin, a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces and in the army of peace, I, who have sent armies into fire and soldiers to their death, say today: We sail onto a war which has no casualties, no wounded, no blood nor suffering. It is the only war which is a pleasure to participate in - the war for peace.

He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.

In short, Roberto privately concluded, if you would avoid wars, never make treaties of peace.

I have to believe in the possibility of peace, because the alternative is to accept the inevitability of continual war, and of always living in fear. It doesn't have to be that way. However, there are no simple solutions, and I am not the possessor of a magic formula for peace. All I can say is that for peace to succeed it requires perseverance, patience, humility, compromise, and commitment, from all parties.

War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.

We know from history that the way wars are concluded is absolutely the key to whether or not there is any peace to be kept.

We should talk about the ultimate cause of war. It's a question we should never stop asking, because if we do, there's a chance, however remote, that we might miss an opportunity to reduce the occurrence of war.