Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Don’t create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it… You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It’s this – no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

Enemies are so stimulating.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Disagreement is something normal.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

All men hate the nagging.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

A disagreement or incident involving someone who’s not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

It’s a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That’s what you should learn self-defense for.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

More law, less justice.

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.