Norman Angell Quotes

The progress and survival of civilization [are] dependent upon ... the realization ... of the utter futility of force as an arbiter.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

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

Peace is produced by war.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Peace is obtained by war.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

Those who were not taught to fight, have naturally inclined in favor of any other mode of settling differences rather than that of fighting.

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

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

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

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.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.

We want peace, but not at any price.

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

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Law is always better than war.

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

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

We've got to win this battle, and we will. We have to win the peace.

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

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

You don't kill your way to peace.