Biography Quote by Tammy Pemper

“I was surprised that peacekeeping involved killing so many people, but it is what it is.”

— Craig Alanson

“A rule that should never be broken: Always toward peace and freedom.”

— Behnam Rajabpoor

Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are…

— Susan Rice

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.

— Jean-Marie Guehenno

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

— Dag Hammarskjold

“By the 1960’s, the authorities could write that peace was more important than law. Enforcement of international law was entrusted to the United Nations—whose…

— Jerry Pournelle

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws.”

— Bryant McGill

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

— Michel Martelly

“To pacify your external conflicts, you must wage peace, first and foremost, within yourself.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

“It (urban peacekeeping) was quite a task, requiring a permanent balancing act between communities, each with their own interests, festivals, traditions and historical rivalries…

— Charles Emmerson

“Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict.”

— Bryant McGill

“Anyway, the thing is that we need to understand that with all — frankly, with all due respect for the requirements of international law,…

— Shlomo Ben-Ami