Stafford Cripps Quotes

Unless you’re prepared to use force, it’s very difficult to deal with a person who understands only force.

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

Let them fight it out, friend! Things have gone too far.

The only methods we shall employ will be English ones. The good old English fist.

You can't just answer everything with the application of force. By the time you have to apply force, there's already been a failure, and you're trying to pull your chestnuts out in the worst possible way

Violence is my last option.

Peace is produced by war.

Peace is obtained by war.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

I don't know what is to be done. This isn't war.

There’s no reason to respect anyone’s word in that part of the world. The only thing they respect is force and the threat of force.

There is never a military solution to any problem.

I don't like going to decisions. I always try to finish people, knock them out, beat them up, and that's always the game plan.

I just want to fight and not talk too much.

I don't believe in ideal places for a fight.

War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.

War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

I don't like to fight.

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

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can't make the right sort of settlement, so I'm aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

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

I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!