Juan Manuel Santos Quotes

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

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

There is never any military solution to any problem. Even when you have total victory you still have to go in and talk to people.

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

It is impossible for either nations or individuals, in the management of a dispute, to have the benefit of two opposite chances. They may be, from the first, moderate, pacific, magnanimous; they will thus secure certain advantages, and they will lose possible advantages. They may, on the contrary, be haughty, warlike, and selfish ; their chances and advantages will then be the reverse of the former. It is impossible to unite the two.

He that makes a good war makes a good peace.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

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.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

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

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

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

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.

There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument—and that is to avoid it.

Only negotiations can resolve long standing grievances.