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There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.

— Martti Ahtisaari

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

— Neville Chamberlain

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.

— Ehud Barak

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.

— Omar N. Bradley

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

— George C. Marshall

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary.

— John C. Calhoun

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

— Raul Castro

War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.

— Ellen Key

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

— A. J. P. Taylor

✗Opposing Perspectives

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli