Zhou Enlai Quotes

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

Our experience shows that security does not lie in weapons or fences or armies.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

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

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that

We shall never war except for peace.

There is never a military solution to any problem.

Killing is evil ... All countries are different and progress should be achieved by peaceful means wherever possible.

Make peace, you fools!

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

It is our belief that nations should embrace dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes instead of rushing to arms, for suffering and bloodshed will ensue.

You cannot have peaceful means - peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive means, you're going to bring about destructive ends.

Hopefully, together we can find solutions to our grave problems, but we'll never find them through violence.

We cannot afford to fight our neighbor, even if we disagree on many things.

We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.

I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.

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

The Ahmadinejads of the world, the bin Ladens of the world, will not change their ways, regardless of how hard we try to explain to them that peace begins with them.

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.