Quotes about Diplomacy
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
- William McKinley
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
- Martin Luther
When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.
- Thomas Merton
Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
- Nelson Mandela
We make war that we may live in peace.
- Aristotle
One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.
- Shane Claiborne
It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
- George Washington
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
- Henry Ward Beecher
People always make war when they say they love peace.
- DH Lawrence