Bill Clinton Quotes

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

Peacemaking and peacekeeping should run in parallel.

it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

What is more immoral than war?

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Nothing can justify war.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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

There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.

Law is always better than war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

We must strive to restrain the destructive force of war, while recognizing its inexorable necessities

The world must not reward aggression.

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

Peace with justice is very difficult. My people need both, but we need peace more.

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

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

…against the simple act of violence, words, moral indignation and world opinion are not enough.

To win the War, to overcome the enemy upon the fields cannot alone ensure the Victory in Peace. The cause of War must be removed. Each Nation's rights must be secure from violation. Above all, from the human mind must be erased all thoughts of War as a solution. Then and then only will War cease.

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.

Peace is a goal, but what we need first is security.

The people who know war, those who have experienced it ... I believe are the most earnest advocates of peace in the world.

Since the foolish part of mankind will make wars, from time to time, with each other, not having sense enough otherwise to settle their differences, it certainly becomes the wiser part, who cannot prevent these wars, to alleviate as much as possible the calamities attending them.