Khaled Mashal Quotes

We want to have peace in the region, but peace will not be achieved before the removal of the occupation.

War is failure of diplomacy.

This may not be a just peace, but it is more just than the continuation of war.

We have agreed that peace can be achieved with the removal of the occupation and the end of aggression.

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

Every diplomatic breakthrough is preceded by a crisis, but not every crisis leads to a breakthrough.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

Occupation is the Palestinian people's tragedy, but also Israel's present. We must liberate both people from the occupation.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

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

There can be no peace, no stability as long as occupation and aggression continue.

I was a military man for 27 years. I fought so long as there was no chance for peace. I believe that there is now a chance for peace, a great chance. We must take advantage of it for the sake of those standing here, and for those who are not here - and they are many.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.

The sad truth is that you can have peace processes all you like, but if one side is committed to war, then it's war.

All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

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

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

Peace is produced by war.