David Allan Coe Quotes

You don't kill your way to peace.

We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion - as everyday work.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.

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

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

My policy is trust—peace, and to put aside the bayonet

We go about peace in a very belligerent way, don't we.

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that

Make peace, you fools!

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

I don't like to fight.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Peace is produced by war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Peace and not war is the father of all things.

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.