Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.

If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynasty's vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after World War I it became an independent national entity.

War is just one more big government program.

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.

Well, I asked him who would start the war first.