The United Nations has not ended war, but it has made it less likely and helped many nations to turn from war to peace.

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.

Never before had the fight for freedom stretched across such a vast expanse of land and sea.

To those of you here who defended us in that war, I salute you, and on behalf of all the American people, I thank you.

Now, after a life consumed by a war, you have become the architect of a great peace.

Democracies are tremendous at fighting wars.

I would tell them that they were over there fighting ultimately for a peace to take place.

I’m very upset by the shelling of Sarajevo.

And to achieve it, we first had to win a war.

I want peace, not war.

America never went looking for a war.

I have never felt that Ronald Reagan was going to lead this Nation deliberately into war.

It will help to decide whether we have war or peace.

The best weapon of any kind is one that's never used, and the best soldier is one that never dies in war.

Our commitment is not to war, it's to peace.

The ancient soil of Europe bears constant, visible evidence of the carnage that war inevitably brings.

We declare that war is not an acceptable means to settle political disputes.

Peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice and understanding.