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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.
The time has come – and must come – for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.
The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.
Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.
Together, we can create a world in which peace is real in which every human being can thrive in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference.