F. W. de Klerk Quotes

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

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

Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

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.

I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.

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

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

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

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.