Meshell Ndegeocello Quotes

I find it amazing when I get letters from people in Israel and people in Lebanon and they both love the music, but in real life they hate each other.

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

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

I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

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

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

Make Love, Not War

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

But the real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

There are universal traits and aspects of all these conflicts, and I think that all of them have bridgeable solutions. The only question is whether you are ready to take the challenge, to pay the price, to compromise in order to get more. This, I believe, is the challenge for all the peacemakers in the world.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

Violence has never resolved any issue.

All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

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

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.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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

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

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.