Qin Shi Huang Quotes

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.

Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least, if you want peace or stability, it's better to prepare for war or instability.

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war

Democracies are prone to war, and war consumes them.

Around us in the Middle East there is total chaos. I'm not willing to give up on my land for this chaos.

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.

Libya is still a mess right now.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.

The world today is anything but trouble-free.

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades.

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Iraq is falling apart.

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.

Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local circumstances.