James Baker Quotes

It is far easier to make war than peace.

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

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

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

War is what happens when language fails.

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

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

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

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

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

Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.

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

Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

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

Peace is produced by war.

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

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

We want peace, but not at any price.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

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

We make war that we may live in peace.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.