Peacebuilding Quotes · Page 9

“Kill not, cause no pain. Nonviolence is the greatest religion .”

— Mahavira

Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the…

— Miroslav Volf

A constructive approach to diplomacy doesnt mean relinquishing ones rights. It means engaging with ones counterparts, on the basis of equal footing…

— Hassan Rouhani

The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Come now, Mr. Windsor. Even with your limited knowledge and frame of reference, you must recognize that diplomacy is merely a cover…

— Patrick E. McLean

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

— Lloyd Austin

Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.

— Cesar Chavez

We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional…

— Timothy B. Tyson

Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war…

— Dick Gephardt

“It just means that for liberal democracy to develop in the Muslim Middle East, it will take much more than merely removing…

— John R. Bradley

I am against any reconciliation with Israel.

— Hassan Nasrallah

I write about reconciliation, but not as a miracle, as a slow, gradual process of mutual discovery - discovering one another.

— Amos Oz

“The crucial question, therefore, is not how to accomplish the final reconciliation. That messianic problem ought not to be taken out of…

— Miroslav Volf

Remembrance is the secret of reconciliation.

— Rudolf Scharping

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

My nonviolence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

— Richard N. Haass

If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more…

— Mahatma Gandhi

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score

— Frederick The Great

I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never…

— Jesse Jackson

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that…

— Mahatma Gandhi

May the God of peace arouse in all an authentic desire for dialogue and reconciliation. Violence cannot be overcome with violence. Violence…

— Pope Francis