David Eddings Quotes

The only way to end war is communication between people.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. . . . War may be too much a part of history to be eliminated—ever.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.

Those who were not taught to fight, have naturally inclined in favor of any other mode of settling differences rather than that of fighting.

In great conflicts opportunities for peace are often missed and considerable and unnecessary violence follows.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

You can’t have peace without a war.

We love action and adventure, but we use it to go out and start wars and kill people.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

There have always been people during periods of history that thought that we could get along with the enemy if only we would reach out. Peace in our time is a philosophy.

Beyond the futility of armed force, and ultimately more important, is the fact that war in our time inevitably results in the indiscriminate killing of large numbers of people. To put it more bluntly, war is terrorism. That is why a 'war on terrorism' is a contradiction in terms.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

Violence and war lead only to death.

One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others.

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death.