Frankie Boyle Quotes

Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.

The majority of Jews and Arabs want to get along. Don't let a few bad apples ruin it for everyone.

There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.

Religions themselves are... peace-loving. They can also be a constructive force in peace-building, and this also applies to the Middle East.

Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic.

It's better to have a dialogue with your enemies than not.

I do not believe in a clash of civilizations in this world. As Turkey we are in an ideal position to be a bridge….We have been able to show that a Moslem country can have a strong democracy…. We have to have a common platform to fight against terrorism. All terrorists are bad no matter what religion the come from.

Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.

The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high.

Figuring out a way to balance the Boxer story with the Chinese Christians was difficult.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.