The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it.

We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes.

This respect cannot be earned through belligerence.

We face an enemy that can only recruit when they find hopeless people.

America remains a nation at war.

In Iraq, a democratic ally has been fighting for its survival.

There is no military solution to Iraq's problems.

There is no military solution in Iraq.

The only thing modern about the militants' vision is the weapons they want to use against us.

I think what's safe to say is that the initial phase of the war went well.

the more progress we make, the more desperate these killers become.

The people of Sierra Leone have suffered the ravages of a brutal civil war for nearly a decade.

The violence does not demonstrate that the quest for peace has gone too far—but that it has not gone far enough.

The measures we are taking will serve to bring an end to the illicit arms-for-diamonds trade through which the RUF perpetuates the tragic conflict in Sierra Leone.

I urge the loyalist paramilitaries to do the same.

Your coup will succeed over my dead body.

Whether showing the flag in peacetime to build good will with other nations or employing its potent combat power in conflict, the ship will carry on Senator Chafee's legacy of honorable service to our Nation.

You have repeatedly put your lives on the line to save the lives of innocent civilians and turn back the tide of ethnic cleansing.