peace diplomacy Quotes

Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies.

We need a new kind of offensive in the Middle East. It's called a peace offensive.

The United States played the role of encouraging both sides to come together to try to finally resolve this issue, and we were pleased to see leaders on both sides work courageously to get that done.

All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them. Peace is a question of will.

Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few days, I believe they might consider how they could prevent another war between their countries." That gave me the idea, and a few weeks later, I invited both men to join me for a series of private talks. In September 1978, they both came to Camp David.

The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.

The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.