Conflict

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

Thanks to you, the worst is already over in Kosovo.

For the sake of their people, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea must immediately halt the fighting and recommit themselves to diplomatic efforts to secure a peaceful settlement.

I am persuaded... the real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it.

These people fought the bloodiest war in Europe since the end of World War II.

You have seen what war has wrought; now you know what peace can bring.

The war in Bosnia was abhorrent to our values.

Today, if the children of the Middle East can imagine a future of cooperation, not conflict, if Bosnia's killing fields are once again playing fields, if the people of Haiti now live in democracy instead of under dictators, in no small…

This Veterans Day, Americans enjoy the fruits of peace, freedom, and prosperity in a world where too many must still struggle to live their lives free from conflict, violence, and repression.

I believe that—I think they're both concerned about the way events spun out of control, about the loss of life, the injury, the eruption of old tensions and bitterness.

I deeply regret the injuries and the loss of life we've seen in the West Bank and Gaza in the last few days.

The real differences in our world are not between Catholics and Protestants, Arabs and Jews, Muslims, Croats, and Serbs; they are between those who embrace peace and those who reject it.

You have seen what war has wrought.

We should not let the land flowing with milk and honey become a land flowing with blood and tears.

Today's despair breeds tomorrow's conflicts.

It falls now to us to stand against those who sow the seeds of war and to stand with those who take the risks of peace.

The United States believes the CSCE has a vital role to play in promoting democracy and diminishing conflict throughout Europe.

It has been my longheld view that the arms embargo has unfairly and unintentionally penalized the victim in this conflict.