Trevor Paglen Quotes

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.

Why? What is so wonderful about mass murder that nobody in the history of the world has ever fond any smarter solution to problems than killing everybody who doesn’t agree? Is that the limit of human intelligence?

We have to start from the fact that there are always alternatives to violence.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

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

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

You'll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.

Even when the views are contradictory, talks are the only way forward and problems should be resolved through dialogue.

It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.

People.. .love to say that 'Violence never solved anything.' But what solved Hitler? Was It a team of social workers? Was it putting daisies into the gun barrels of Nazi Panzer divisions? Was it a commission that tried to understand what made Hitler sorry? ?No. What solved Hitler was violence.

Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.

We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.

The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

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

Violence is my last option.

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

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

You have to pick your battles on set.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.

There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument—and that is to avoid it.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.