Andrew Solomon Quotes

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.

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

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

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles, and it must be taken one step at a time.

We cannot expect to make everyone our friend, but we can try to make no one our enemy.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

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.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

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

War's stupid. Nobody wins. You might as well talk first; you have to talk last anyway.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

War is what happens when language fails.

Never underestimate or mock peace.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

And when it is done, we ought to follow the example by disarming ourselves.

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

Making peace is harder than making war.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.