Quotes about Conflict
The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
— George Washington
Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.
— St. Augustine
Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.
— St. Augustine
By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy.
— Thomas Jefferson
The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God's.
— Elisabeth Elliot
I want to be the peace president.
— George W. Bush
No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25 million people we liberated.
— George W. Bush
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
— Wendell Berry
... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.
— Hillary Clinton
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
— Winston Churchill
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.
— Anonymous
Isn't it strange that ... people build walls to keep an enemy out, and there's only one part of the world and one philosophy where they have to build walls to keep their people in
— Ronald Reagan