Connor Jessup Quotes

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter.

I don't like to fight.

I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

I have no superhuman powers. If people don't want to make peace, there is nothing I can do.

The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it.

Calm can solve all issues.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Wars occur because people prepare for conflict, rather than for peace.

Negotiation is not a solution and will not solve anything. Those who think of negotiation when they are threatened only reveal their weakness and incapability. That is a bad move.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

My way to fight is finish.

I don't believe in uselessly fighting for nothing.

I don't love to fight; I don't want to fight.

I don't believe in ideal places for a fight.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a 'contamination.'

Violence is my last option.

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

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