Quotes about "War & Peace"

There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that. ”

You don't make peace with your friends. That's the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution. ”

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one. ”

I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over. ”

Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in. ”

You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy. ”

The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that. ”

I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago. ”

I learned to be far more skeptical of what I'm told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to be much more cautious, always, in any action or vote that could lead to the use of American military power and most particularly what we call 'boots on the ground.' ”

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure. ”