Bill Clinton Quotes on War & Peace (10 Quotes)

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in a war they may oppose, a war which even possibly may be wrong, a war which, in any case, does not involve immediately the

America will not stop standing guard for peace, or freedom or stability in the Middle East and around the world.

The problem of land mines is a global tragedy. In all probability, land mines kill more children than soldiers, and they keep killing after wars are over.

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas -- to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.

During the Vietnam War, any young men -- including the current president, the vice president and me -- could have gone to Vietnam but didn't. John Kerry came from a privileged background and could have avoided it, too. Instead he said, 'Send me.'

In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.

When people are at war, they measure progress by counting victims. But in peace, it is more difficult to measure progress,

He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can't let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.

All Americans, indeed all people throughout the world, owe him what he regarded as the ultimate compliment He was a statesman who sought to build a lasting structure of peace.