William McKinley Quotes

I wish to see the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without cutting one another's throats.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

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

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

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

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

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

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

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

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

But the real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The progress and survival of civilization [are] dependent upon ... the realization ... of the utter futility of force as an arbiter.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

This is a breath of fresh air for our region—solving a political problem without resorting to violence …

There is never a military solution to any problem.

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

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

Make peace, you fools!

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

Nowhere in the world has the use of force alone resolved a conflict.