Gustav Stresemann Quotes

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

The thing that really gets to me is that countries are in the news only when things get out of hand. That's when it's newsworthy. When the war ends, it's not newsworthy anymore; no one wants to think about it. Actually, the aftermath is the most important part. It's when people have to rebuild.

All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless.

The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.

I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is some justice that today I should be the person most responsible for finding a peaceful solution.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.

The redress of the grievances of the vanquished should precede the disarmament of the victors.

The people who know war, those who have experienced it ... I believe are the most earnest advocates of peace in the world.

Whoever thinks war allows for lasting victories should take a look at European history books and learn their lesson.

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

After every war someone has to tidy up.

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.

War settles nothing.

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.

As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will to peace displaying itself in action and policy remains to be achieved.

It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.