Leonid Brezhnev Quotes

Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.

It is very important for I think those of us who desperately want peace, who see war as, at some level, a break-down, a manifestation of human weakness, to understand that sometimes it’s also necessary – and you know, to – to be able to balance two ideas at the same time; that we are constantly striving for peace, we are doubling up on our diplomacy, we are going to actively engage, we are going to try to see the world through other people’s eyes and not just our own.

Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.

We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences.

Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

With political means and always trying to work for political settlements and this is what I'm going to continue to work on with all my heart.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

We know from our own history, and that of our neighbors, that where conflicts and disagreements are not resolved peacefully, the suffering and bloodshed that follows and the collapse of economic and social development leads to tragic consequences.

History has proved that the most ardent enemies have settled their differences through talks and not war.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

There have always been people during periods of history that thought that we could get along with the enemy if only we would reach out. Peace in our time is a philosophy.