Hanoi Hannah Quotes

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

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

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!

If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

You don’t quit when you are in the middle of a conflict…. My job was not to have a fit and walk out. My job was to give the President my best advice.

I have done all I can to prevent wars. All my life I've been dedicated to preventing just what has happened today.

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

We had the courage to face the superpowers that wanted a military triumph for each side they supported in Central America. We told them, 'No,' and presented a peace plan.

But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war.

I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

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.

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.

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

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don't have that much respect for Bush. He's about war, I'm not about war - a lot of people aren't about war.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

I can't really fight.

The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.