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.

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

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

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

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.

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.

Let my enemies devour each other.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

God’s love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

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

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

All men hate the nagging.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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.

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

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.

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,… Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don’t want to do that and that’s their decision.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

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

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.

If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

Luckily for me, people don’t scream at me that much in my everyday life.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!

Enemies are so stimulating.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

To be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

The emotions in a song – the anger, aggression – have got to be legitimate.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation’s is Vietnam.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Debates, I hate.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.