John F. Kennedy Quotes

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

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

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

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

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

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.

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.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Let us have peace.

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.

We're not losing the peace.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.

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

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

… not merely peace in our time but peace for all time. To achieve it, it is necessary to examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable — that mankind is doomed — that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made — therefore, they can be solved by man.

Longing for peace does not necessarily bring it about.

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

I'll never miss an opportunity to achieve peace.

I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.

What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns.