Barack Obama on War and peace
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“Peace is far more preferable to war. … I believe that peace is the only path to true security. … And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations.”
- Barack Obama, O)
Speaking to the UN in 2014, President Obama articulated a vision of American foreign policy balancing assertive self-defense with a commitment to global human rights and peaceful progress.
“So this is what America is prepared to do: Taking action against immediate threats, while pursuing a world in which the need for such action is diminished. The United States will never shy away from defending our interests, but we will also not shy away from the promise of this institution and its Universal Declaration of Human Rights — the notion that peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of a better life.”
- Barack Obama, O)