Nursultan Nazarbayev Quotes

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

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

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.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

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

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

It is much more difficult to make peace than it is to make war.

It is easier to obstruct peace than it is to promote it.

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

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.

Peace is produced by war.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

We make war that we may live in peace.

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

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

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

We've got to win this battle, and we will. We have to win the peace.

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

You don't kill your way to peace.

There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

We're not losing the peace.