Peacebuilding Quotes · Page 16

The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian - Palestinian reconciliation.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it.

— Stephen Leacock

Lord Rees-Mogg argues that the time for reconciliation in Tibet is passing with the looming departure of its spiritual leader.

— William Rees-Mogg

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

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Nhat Hanh

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 thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action - whether it's a fast,…

— Dolores Huerta

Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Patience is no small, fell-good personal quality. It is at the heart of diplomacy and civility, lawfulness and civil order. Without it,…

— M. J. Ryan

“Nonviolence isn't sitting back with your arms folded. It is first recognizing that the very person who is your oppressor is also…

— Mev Puleo

“This reconciliation with Hitler reveals the profound moral perversity of a world that rests essentially on the nonexistence of return, for in…

— Milan Kundera

Nonviolence as a lifestyle and perpetual strategy will allow us to be on the offense instead of continually on the defense. We…

— Bernice King

“Buddha said: ‘Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love,’ and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by…

— Dale Carnegie

When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State.…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— William Safire

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Anthony Everitt

“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

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

— Dick Gregory

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

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

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