Peacebuilding Quotes · Page 16

“Diplomacy is the delicate weapon of the civilized warrior."- Hun, A. T.”

— Robert Lynn Asprin

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give…

— Rob Bell

What we experience in Colombia is fratricide, we fight ourselves and it demonstrates the priority of hatred over peace and reconciliation.

— Juan Pablo Escobar

You know, we want to lead with diplomacy in every case, but if deterrence falls and you must fight, you fight to…

— Lloyd Austin

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.”

— Condoleezza Rice

“Diplomacy frequently consists in soothingly saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you have a chance to pick up a rock.”

— Walter Trumbull

While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.

— Kevin de Leon

Make an amiable intermediary of an egg, which comes between the various parts of food to bring about difficult reconciliations.

— Emmanuel des Essarts

There is all the difference in the world between the nonviolence that the ordinary Christian should embrace and the duty of civic…

— N. T. Wright

The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“May God bless and keep all soldiers, young and old, and may that same God open the eyes of all political leaders…

— Harold G. Moore

Are they moved by a sense of human need for silence, for reflection, for inner seeking? So they want to get away…

— Thomas Merton

Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation.…

— Lewis B. Smedes

Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that…

— Grace Lee Boggs

I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far…

— Joan Baez

The cross to me is complete nonviolence because Jesus said, "Love your enemy. Do not kill." I realized that I could never…

— Mairead Corrigan

“vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world”

— Anthony Everitt

Between our way of life and communism there can be no peace, no paralyzing coexistence, no gray neutralism. There can only be…

— Ramon Magsaysay

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be…

— Tom Coburn

Martin Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf.

— Dick Gregory

A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“But diplomacy would be easy if we had to talk only to our friends. That’s not how peace is made.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security…

— Park Geun-hye

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

— Douglas Hurd

Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the…

— Malcolm Fraser

Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.

— Paul Kagame

I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.

— Richard N. Haass

When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

— Nhat Hanh

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.

— William Safire

A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Remember, sometimes diplomacy is the better side of warfare." "Dipolomacy is a lot easier to accomplish if you've got your foe on…

— C.J. Redwine

Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

— Charles Williams

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

— Anonymous

The most important thing is to find collective solutions in diplomacy and I think that is possible,.

— Vladimir Putin

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.

— Mark Esper

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld