Ari Fleischer Quotes

I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.

Neutrality is not like a simple mathematical formula which has only to be announced and demonstrated in order to be believed and respected. It has in fact always been one of the difficult problems …. Instead of earning the respect and goodwill of both belligerents it is regarded by both with hatred and contempt.

I have to fight as if there were no negotiations and negotiate as if there was no war.

When a rising power confronts a ruling power, bad things usually happen.... This is what happens when an extablished entity faces an upstart.... To avoid a disasterous clash like war, both parties have to make an adjustment, but the ruling power has to make more painful adjustments.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

We will ensure the interests of both the East and the West in Belarus. Don't try to rip us apart; don't try to make us collide with Russia or with the West.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

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.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

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.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

We want peace, but not at any price.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

We are fully aware that, in a world at war, each set of belligerents is over ready to regard those who are not with them as against them; but the course we have followed is a just course.

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.

I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma!

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

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

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.