William McKinley Quotes

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

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Violence has never resolved any issue.

Nothing can justify war.

We make war that we may live in peace.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Those who were not taught to fight, have naturally inclined in favor of any other mode of settling differences rather than that of fighting.

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

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

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

Peace is produced by war.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

War is failure of diplomacy.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

You don't kill your way to peace.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

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

You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war.