John Russell Quotes

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

We want peace, but not at any price.

War is what happens when language fails.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

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

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

We shall never war except for peace.

It is much more difficult to make peace than it is to make war.

It is easier to obstruct peace than it is to promote it.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Peace is produced by war.

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

It is far easier to make war than peace.