David Ervine Quotes

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one another? Peace, brothers, is better than war. In a long and bloody war, we lose many friends, and gain nothing. Let us then live in peace and friendship together, doing to each other all the good we can.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

My life has been devoted to peacemaking.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.

They put aside the talk of peace and instead acted for peace.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

All who wish peace ought to unite in the means which may facilitate its attainment.

There are universal traits and aspects of all these conflicts, and I think that all of them have bridgeable solutions. The only question is whether you are ready to take the challenge, to pay the price, to compromise in order to get more. This, I believe, is the challenge for all the peacemakers in the world.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible

It is often necessary to fight to lessen discord. This is the paradox.