Hanan Ashrawi Quotes

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

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

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.

Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts.

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

Peace cannot be unilateral.

We're not losing the peace.

In the Mediterranean you have a choice. Either you fight or you cooperate.

For the sake of peace you have to accept risk.

All who wish peace ought to unite in the means which may facilitate its attainment.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

Longing for peace does not necessarily bring it about.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

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

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

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

Peace is produced by war.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.

Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.