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

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

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

Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.

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

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

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

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.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

When things haven’t gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

All men hate the nagging.

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

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

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

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

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

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

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

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

‚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!

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

The capability of negotiating… is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Let my enemies devour each other.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

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.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

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

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

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.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

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.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

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

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

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.

To me, it’s OK to have differences. But we don’t have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that’s where sometimes we get so passionate that we – you know, it turns into anger.

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we’ve had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I’ve taken.

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

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.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.