Ross Perot Quotes

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of force cannot produce a lasting long-term settlement.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Always remember, politics is a substitute for violence.

The end of war is to procure by force the justice which cannot otherwise be obtained.

I ended up in Parliament and soon discovered that emotion really doesn't have any place in politics. It's a much more intricate and complicated game, and I just didn't know how to play it.

A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.