Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

God does not always give victory to the leaders by means of the sword, nor are such things always accomplished by fighting. But what toil has not procured, words have often effected, and the greatest trophies have been erected by friendly and propitiatory intercourse. Let us therefore not spend our time here uselessly, but endeavor to accomplish something sensible and courageous for our own safety… Let each one of us studiously try to win over the barbarian who guards our respective section.

It's impossible to impose peace, only to create it.

You don't make peace with your friends. You make peace with your enemies.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out.

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

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

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

The times call for patience, calm and compromise.

Enduring peace will come about, not by countries continuing to threaten another, but only through an honest effort to create mutual trust.

Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible

A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.

Better to cooperate with those you believe to be misguided than to risk mutual destruction.

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

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

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.