Yitzhak Shamir Quotes

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

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

Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Nothing is lost with peace; all may be with war.

It is not easy to talk about peace to people who are mourning every day.

War is not something that can be won. Everybody loses at war.

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.

No more hellfires and please no more gunfire.

No one wins a war. It is true, there are degrees of loss, but no one wins.

... though not invariably the worst choice, war is always an obscene horror.

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.

Wars break things; they break stories.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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

At the bottom, all wars are the same because they involve death and maiming and wounding, and grieving mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.