Hubert Humphrey Quotes

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

I don't like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don't think that fighting and passion are the same thing.

Every conflict can be removed.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

War is what happens when language fails.

If there wasn't no fight, there wasn't no weekend.

You don't kill your way to peace.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

It is much more difficult to make peace than it is to make war.

There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

First fight. Then fiddle.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

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

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Calm can solve all issues.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.