Charles Kennedy Quotes

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

Anybody who resorts to violence will have no friends in the United States.

This is the vow to those consumed by hatred. We have but one path—waging war on them to the death.

Nowhere in the world has the use of force alone resolved a conflict.

The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous.

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

War is what happens when language fails.

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

The violent will not come to a natural end.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

Violence against violence? That will never solve the problem.

Violence is the only way to answer violence.

… morality ends where the gun begins.

Daesh will not give up their weapons unless we force them to give up their weapons.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

Peace is produced by war.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

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

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

I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.

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

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.