For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
As history reminds us again and again, wars are not always made on the basis of rational calculations: often the contrary. — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty. — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
The laws will not be silent in time of war but they'll speak with a somewhat different voice. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
My first husband Alec was a very good-looking man, but by the time he came out of the war, his sort of… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
The people and the warmakers are two distinct groups. We must never say 'we' when discussing the US government's foreign policy. For… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I know it feels like two steps forward and one step back, but we are making progress. In my lifetime, I have… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
The earth is bountiful, and where her bounty fails, nitrogen drawn from the air will refertilize her womb. I developed a process… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“The cause of human conflict is simple: one person dehumanizes another. One side sees the other side as unworthy. As long as… — Paul Ferrini Copy Share Image
“Racial hatred in America still exists but never was it anything like the time immediately after the Civil War. The western history… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
“You want this thing, this dragonsoul, for sentimental purposes. Because you can't let go of the glory days, or you long for… — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha? — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Declare it. Just the same way we declare war. That is how we will have peace... we just need to declare it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I really think that the Liberal Party is dead and that one will simply have to think of men and policies after… — John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Copy Share Image
That's why I love fighting, because I get to have a big battle every couple months to make up for the little… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
As an ethnically Asian Muslim, born and bred in this country, I am British. I have never felt a conflict between my… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
“But eventually, the Elixir of the Soul that had survived wars and the bloody birth of three new countries, was, like most… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Which not peace for the man who is forced to go to war, for he will find his peace. But wish peace… — Miguel Copy Share Image
“against genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. Perhaps the sentiment was best expressed by noted Holocaust” — Hourly History Copy Share Image
The poet is he who fights on the passionate Side and whoever loses he wins; when he Is defeated it is hard… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
We must take a serious look at the system that allows politicians to get away with blatant conflicts of interest with barely… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
“Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck." [ On Water ]” — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least… — Jim Walton Copy Share Image
“He who is ready to die for his country is a fool. For he didn’t choose where he was born; and where… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Lift up our eyes to you? no, God, we stare and stare, upon a nearer thing that greets us here, Death, violent… — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination. — Thomas Crum Copy Share Image
We fought a war for the freedom to care about what we want to care about, and this is among the things… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness. — Prince Hassan bin Talal Copy Share Image
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
You can go to war at 18, so you should be able to make a living at 18, especially if college isn't… — Lou Williams Copy Share Image
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