Henry Campbell-Bannerman Quotes

It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

All of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force.

You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war.

Now were it up to me, I would abolish all warfare.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality.

I am against all war.

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

We in the Philippines know we have to perform our own role in terms of promoting peace in the world. We are actually members of the U.N. peacekeeping forces in many areas.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.

Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.

I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

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

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.

All nations must come to the decision to renounce force as a final resort of policy. If they are not prepared to do this, they will cease to exist.

If it's radical to want an end to war and an end to violence, so that we can devote ourselves to the challenges of peace, then I'm pleased to call myself a radical.

No more bloody wars, no more bloody medals