Ari Fleischer Quotes on War & Peace (22 Quotes)

The president does believe that the path to peace does go through Chairman Arafat.

Israel's actions are very unhelpful ... contrary to peace. The president wants to make sure that Israeli actions do not undermine reform efforts toward peace.

The president has made it clear that this is a time for nations to choose whether they are with the United States and the free world in the war against terrorism, or they are not, and I will leave it at that.

The president feels very strongly that at a time when the nation is in the midst of a war that war should not be fought on last year's budget. The Pentagon needs additional resources to fight the war. That advance funding should not be complicated or clouded as a result of items that do not pertain to the war on terrorism internationally.

I think time will tell. They both understand the president's message and the president's message is strongly that war doesn't serve either party.

I think the point the president makes repeatedly about the need to develop a missile defense is that the Cold War is over, and the United States needs to protect itself and our allies and our troops that are stationed abroad from a different nature of threat. And the paradigm that existed in the Cold War is no longer the most imperative paradigm that should guide America's defense structures.

The president made very clear again that he believes that Saddam Hussein is a menace to world peace, a menace to regional peace, and that the world and the region will be safer and better off without Saddam Hussein.

This is not a bluff. The U.S. is preparing for war in case a decision is made to go to war. We have to deal with realities, and we will. And if basing is not allowed in Turkey, we have no choice, we will pursue other options.

that will compromise sources or methods or abilities to win a war.

The United States will always reserve the right to operate over international waters and international airspace to protect the needs of our neighbors, promote regional stability and secure peace,

If peace is to develop and take root, somebody in a position of authority in Palestinian territory has got to stop the violence.

... It will be about threats to our freedom. It will be about threats coming from terrorism, and it will be about defending, preserving and extending the peace. And I think you'll find it a newsy speech.

They have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about.

The president is interested in results, and the president will be looking to make certain that Chairman Arafat takes enduring, real and meaningful actions so the terrorists who are trying to interrupt the peace process in the Middle East cannot be successful.

As far as personal campaigning appearances, that's something that the president would always decide about whether or not the time is right for him to campaign and to play a more active, visible part in politics. But, clearly, the president does understand and believes that politics is an ongoing part of democracy whether the time is of war or peace.

the worst enemies of not only the people of Israel who seek peace, but also of the Palestinian people and their hope for a better life.

There will be elements that will try to prevent peace, and he wants to bring to justice the perpetrators of violence.

The United States and Israel share common interests in many areas, including the international campaign against terrorism and the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.

The working families of America will not be well-served by more fighting in Washington, yet Vice President Gore tonight offers more of the same old language of class warfare, partisanship and division.

The president believes that all the parties in the Middle East have to take advantage of what is happening today and see this as a moment to realize the repercussions of going down the wrong road. That's a road that has led to terrorism and to the conflict in the Middle East, has led to war.

It has taken more than 12 years for Saddam Hussein to disarm. There is no question if force is used, it will achieve the objective of preserving the peace far faster than the current path we are on.

Much of the humanitarian problems of Iraq existed because of Saddam Hussein's regime and the conditions he imposed on the Iraqi people before the first shot was fired in this war,