Colin Powell Quotes on War & Peace (27 Quotes)

We are looking at the possibilities ahead for Afghanistan's people, ... We're looking to develop a stable country that lives in peace with all of its neighbors.

My support was willing, and it was complete, ... will always plead guilty to being cautious about matters having to do with war and peace.

Tell them that they are destroying their own desire and vision for a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel behind secure and recognizable borders,

I think the major disagreements of the early part of the year -- to go to war or not to go to war -- that's over, ... What we have been debating the last several weeks is how best to create the peace -- not whether to go to war or not -- and how best to create a new government in Iraq that will be representative of its people and live in peace with its neighbors. I think we are all now agreed to that.

If you declare a war against the Palestinians and think you can solve the problems by seeing how many Palestinians can be killed, I don't know that leads us to anywhere, ... Right now, I'm not satisfied that both sides have thought through the consequences of the policies they're following.

In every conversation I've ever had with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, we've talked about security, and we've also talked about the peace process, ... Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer.

Turkey will have an important role to play in this reconstruction effort, not only helping with direct reconstruction help, but also by the example that Turkey will provide to Iraq of a Muslim democracy living in peace with its friends and neighbors,

I take note of Crown Prince Abdullah's statement in Beirut today which I think was quite helpful to our efforts, and the United States will remain engaged, ... We will not let terrorists or terrorism take us away from our desire to see peace in this region and for these two people eventually to live side-by-side in peace.

However long the Israeli incursions continue, whether they pull out of everywhere today or whether they pull out of everywhere they are now in over a longer period of time, the problem will still be there -- people who need to be brought into a negotiating process that will lead to peace,

But let's be candid. Let's be very open and candid, ... Unless terrorism and violence stops, then it's almost impossible to get going on any process toward peace.

I hope that both sides will realize this is not the solution to any problem and that Macedonia should be free to live in peace without being attacked,

We talked about everything -- what's on the ground, what's for the future and how to overcome all the problems and obstacles in the way of negotiations and peace.

The United States will remain engaged, ... We will not let terrorists or terrorism take us away from our desire to see peace in this region and for these two peoples to live side by side in peace. Terror cannot be allowed to prevail.

The trucks and train cars are easily moved and are designed to evade detection by inspectors, ... In a matter of months, they can produce a quantity of biological poison equal to the entire amount that Iraq claimed to have produced in the years prior to the Gulf War.

The people of Sudan can now hope for a new future of peace and prosperity. The United States is deeply committed to assist in the implementation of the peace agreement and in the process of reconstruction and development. We intend to work closely with the international community to ensure that Sudan enjoys the full benefits of peace.

We must always be sure that Israel lives in freedom and security and peace,

We don't think that would be in the interest of the peace process, and that's why President Bush continues to let Prime Minister Sharon know that he opposes that,

The road map for Middle East peace, developed by the United States, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union, places obligations and responsibilities on all of the parties, ... We must see the end of terror and the end of violence.

This speech reconfirms Pakistan's role as a front-line state in the war against global terrorism,

We have a road map that I believe shows us how to get where we want to go. Peace and two peoples living side-by-side in peace,

would certainly demonstrate the U.S. commitment to moving forward with the peace process.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

In one case, they saved a nation from communism that has become a thriving, wealthy democracy, ... In the other we lost the war and tyranny prevailed.

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.

This war is not over, ... It'll continue for a while until the Taliban power is totally cracked and other tribes in the south start to reassert control.

Mr. Sharon knows, if he is elected ... that force of arms will not solve this problem. The only thing that will solve this problem is an agreement at some point, as to how these two peoples can live in peace.

When people come together, go to each other's country, and watch a conflict being played out on the field of sport, as opposed to the field of battle... then why can't that same spirit, that same philosophy, infect other aspects of relations