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There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.