George J. Mitchell Quotes

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

Only negotiations can resolve long standing grievances.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

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

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

There is no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. Conflicts are started by human beings, sustained by human beings, and they can be ended by human beings.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

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

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

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

Calm can solve all issues.

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

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

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

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

It's better to have a dialogue with your enemies than not.

If we have done anything wrong, send your man to my man and they can fix it up.

Surely diplomacy is needed when there is conflict, not when there is harmony.

You cannot shake hands with a clinched fist.