Rumi Quotes

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

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.

It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now.

I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. You cannot subjugate a nation forcibly unless you wipe out every man, woman, and child. Unless you wish to use such drastic measures, you must find a way of settling your disputes without resort to arms.

Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.

Little brother, I don’t mean to be a downer, but we’re talking about War here. There’s no way to mitigate damages. He won’t let us. I was there with twenty-five Chthonians to fight him and he spanked our hides like we were Lemurian slave women. Two of us had our hearts ripped out and shoved down our throats while he laughed, then he licked the blood clean from his fingers and came at the rest of us. (Savitar)

It takes no courage to make war, particularly if you're not going to go and your children are not going to go.

There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.

When I say war, I'm not talking about mental war; I'm talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.

My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain international questions cannot be discussed; it may be that they have to be fought out. But the fighting never settles the question. It only gets the participants around to a frame of mind where they will agree to discuss what they were fighting about.

To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I truly must question the judgment of any president who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation which is over 50 percent children is ‘in the highest moral traditions of our country.'

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

I think that one can seek a way to eliminate war, and still agree that fighting the Nazis was a good thing.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

We are much in the position of those who love peace so much that they are ready to fight for it.

Guns and blockades are not conducive to meaningful dialogue.

I could have been very popular if I had launched a military attack on Iran but I chose patience.

What good is to be expected from creating division when engaged in war …?

Like individuals, some peoples are naturally pacific and some naturally aggressive.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

If we must fight, then by God we will fight. And I hope they [the Croats and Bosnians] will not be so crazy as to fight against us. Because if we don’t know how to work well or to do business, at least we know how to fight well.

Turn on your television and see what happens when nations settle their internal differences with guns.