Ehud Barak Quotes

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

If there were women negotiating at Camp David, we would have signed a treaty.

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

In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.

Middle East history is replete with examples of missed and lost chances to make peace.

We will remain steady. We will pursue every avenue in the search for peace and stability.

The Iraq war can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically, and the president needs to come to that realization.

There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the Mitchell process. And - but first things first. The - these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework - the groundwork - not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the - all right.

there’s too much tension in the world… what hope is there in the middle east if you and i can’t make peace.

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

A political solution is going to involve neighboring countries... You will have to bring people together to agree on a political process. If that includes supporting a military exercise of some sort without sending troops, that is on the table, as long as this is not the only option that people look at.

I am pleased though that there's a possibility of a diplomatic solution [in Syria]. I remain somewhat skeptical, but I am pleased that it's a possibility and I think people like myself who've been arguing for delaying this bombing, have allowed this diplomatic possibility to occur.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

We wanted peace and we wanted to come to terms with the Israelis.

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.