Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes

… a major threat to regional stability.

War is unsettling.

When suspicion and hostility is allowed to fester, it can erupt into unrest.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

The Middle East is undoubtedly in for a rocky time. In Palestine we have a situation which is badly fouled up by the past mistakes of many people, including ourselves. These probably cannot be settled without great unpleasantness, including violence.

Weakness and ambivalence lead to war

The enemies of peace have not disappeared.

Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.

The last thing we need in Missouri is more violence and strife in our communities.

We've created a more dangerous world. We've created more violence. We've unraveled the fabric of our own society. We've watched everything get worse. We've watched countries be destroyed, and we've watched war become the answer to every question.

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

'Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, 'Peace, Peace,' as much as they likes - I know it's goin' to be war!

The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.