Paul Hoffman Quotes

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

Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

War is over if you want it.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.

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

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion - as everyday work.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Peace will never be won if men reserve for war their greatest efforts.

We shall never war except for peace.

We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

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

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.