Rashi Quotes

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

It is often necessary to fight to lessen discord. This is the paradox.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

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

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

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

A verdict satisfies one, but reconciliation satisfies two.

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating human beings.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

Where conflicts are identified, they will be resolved.

Every conflict can be removed.

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

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.

Sharon is capable of making peace.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.