Ramsay MacDonald Quotes

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

One of the primary necessities of the world for the maintenance of peace is the elimination of the frictions which arise from competitive armament.

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

A smart soldier wants to know the causes of wars. Also how to end them. After all, war is the normal state of affairs, isn't it? Peace is the name of the ideal we deduce from the fact that there have been interludes between wars.

Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

I fought for peace in the fifties.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

To Perpetual Peace

If you can secure peace, you may be cursed by a lot of hotheads but … you will be blessed in Europe and by future generations

When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I'm president, I'm unpopular because I'm trying to make peace. It's much easier to make war and get trophies.

At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.

War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political.

We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

Of course war is horrible, but at present it's still the only guarantee of peace.

It has been claimed that the aim of the present war is to end war. But war cannot end war, neither can militarism destroy militarism.

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned.

My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

We can achieve much more in peace than we can ever achieve in these needless, unconstitutional, undeclared wars.

As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace Office should be established in a time of War.

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

We go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.