Yitzhak Rabin Quotes

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

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

You can’t have peace without a war.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

We have agreed that peace can be achieved with the removal of the occupation and the end of aggression.

Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.

We believe that peace is at hand.

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

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

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

There are universal traits and aspects of all these conflicts, and I think that all of them have bridgeable solutions. The only question is whether you are ready to take the challenge, to pay the price, to compromise in order to get more. This, I believe, is the challenge for all the peacemakers in the world.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

It is easier to obstruct peace than it is to promote it.

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

Middle East history is replete with examples of missed and lost chances to make peace.

Peace is never a perfect achievement.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.