Robin Cook Quotes on War & Peace (13 Quotes)

There is no doubting the fact that the majority of the people of Israel would like to see a peace settlement.

The only ministers who have left the government over the chapter of errors that led us into war in Iraq are those who could not support the war.

Don't bother offering peace unless you are prepared to reverse the ethnic cleansing of the war,

We would also like to see (Resolution 425) implemented in the context of a comprehensive settlement which would enable progress on the peace process for all the tracks, not just one track, ... I wish to make sure that all sides can live in security.

We want peace, but it must be a peace that makes Kosovo safe for the refugees to go home

Nobody is saying that it's for the government of Sierra Leone to get on for itself, ... We are heavily involved in making sure they are able to do that in both building up their army and by also providing by far the largest donation to the peace process since the rebuilding of Sierra Leone.

We cannot accept any peace that does not allow refugees to return and return safely,

Those who carry out those acts should know that what they're doing is committing a war crime. They will be held accountable for it, and it will not just be the field commanders, ... Any political leaders we find who have ordered that type of behavior will also be held to account.

He has managed to convince half the media that the Foreign Affairs inquiry is into the origins of his war with (the BBC) ... not in to the war with Iraq.

We want the peace talks to resume on all tracks as soon as possible,

Last night, (Yugoslav) President (Slobodan) Milosevic made what he called a peace offer. He said he was starting to withdraw his troops from Kosovo,

enables us to escape from the stalemate that we had on which way to make forward on the peace track.

There is a difficulty in the peace process in that while all three tracks remain in stalemate, it is hard for any party in the negotiations to feel confident in the possibility of progress, ... And because there is no confidence in the possibility of progress, it is difficult to generate momentum toward progress.