Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

There is never a military solution to any problem.

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

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

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

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency. Arbitration is the true method of settlement of international as well as local or individual differences.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

There are universal traits and aspects of all these conflicts, and I think that all of them have bridgeable solutions. The only question is whether you are ready to take the challenge, to pay the price, to compromise in order to get more. This, I believe, is the challenge for all the peacemakers in the world.

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

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

There are no military solutions - dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace.

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

History has proved that the most ardent enemies have settled their differences through talks and not war.

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

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

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

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is some justice that today I should be the person most responsible for finding a peaceful solution.

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.