Newton Baker Quotes

Military intervention is to be considered when all else fails.

I request that my vote be added in favor of the acceptance of potatoes and arms from the bandits of Anglo-French imperialism.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

It is one thing to be against unilateralism and against nonhumanitarian interventionism - but it is quite another thing to be against humanitarian interventionism.

We are talking about using military force, but we are not talking about war. I think that is an important distinction.

The use of armed force to make decisions in the political field must be eradicated from this continent.

We do not have the God-given right to intervene in any country in which we feel like intervening.

Let the natural process of war among nations smother the weak.

… the financial cost of a [military] strike isn’t a reason to acquiesce in mass murder in Syria.

Every war I have ever covered – Kosovo, Bosnia, Sierra Leone and Liberia – withstood all diplomatic efforts to end it until Western military action finally forced a resolution.

It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America’s long-term interest? I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan “you’re either with us or against us.”

The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.

Where there is a threat of mass murder, where the stability and order of countries and entire regions are endangered, and where there is no chance of successful political settlements without military support, we must be willing to honestly weigh up the risks of getting involved against the consequences of doing nothing.

America should always stand for human rights and freedom, but not through endless military intervention.

What is more immoral than war?

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

We try very quickly to show that we are not at war with the Iraqi people. We're trying to deal with the people who are indeed themselves at war with the Iraqi people.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.