Golda Meir Quotes

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

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

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.

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

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

The Führer confirms my impressions of yesterday. He would like an understanding with Great Britain. He knows that war with the British will be hard and bloody, and knows also that people everywhere today are averse to bloodshed.

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

He wants Obama to do one thing, call him ... He said, if you can, Dennis, I don't want to do war. I don't want to do war. He said that to me.

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

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

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

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

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

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.

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

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.