“Conflict is the result of the presence of evil in the world. It’s a simple fact of our lives on this planet… — Sean Wesley Copy Share Image
“In the early months of World War II, San Francisco's Fill-more district, or the Western Addition, experienced a visible revolution. On the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“And do you know the oddest thing about murder and war and violence? The oddest thing is that they all go against… — Cat Winters Copy Share Image
“Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into… — Bruce H. Norton Copy Share Image
And here and now we must insist again that fidelity, honor, and love of country demand untrammeled debate and open dissent. At… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“Modifying Clausewitz’ aphorism—war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means—one could say that in ideologically divided countries civil war is but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
“Yes, the worst parasites. We reproduce with no internal limitations. We consume and destroy and make war. We have no predator except… — Ryan Winfield Copy Share Image
Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“For several crucial days, I believe, Kennedy and Khrushchev were each privately prepared to back down, “but not yet,” as they sparred… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“The order of battle used by the Roman army is very difficult to break through, since it allows every man to fight… — Polybius Copy Share Image
“...all the men in the photograph wear puttees. All the men in the picture are bound, trying to keep themselves together. That… — Elena Mauli Shapiro Copy Share Image
The wise man prefers the left, the man of war prefers the right. Weapons are instruments of fear, they are not a… — Lao Tsu Copy Share Image
The [Donald's] Trump war on the press continues. Tonight, the national cost of a conservative media bubble, now featuring alien conspiracy theories.… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
We're in the Chicago suburbs, ruling our 'hood and the streets that lead here. It's a street war, where other suburban gangs… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
There are people who are saying that they voted twice for Mr. Obama and they are now feeling a great sense of… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“With a grunt, the gunman ripped off the goggles and fumbled for the hilt of a wicked-looking combat knife, swearing under his… — James Swallow Copy Share Image
The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
Shoes are a neutral blessing for us because feet generally aren't regarded as a place where the battle for self-esteem is won… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
A woman's work, from the time she gets up to the time she goes to bed, is as hard as a day… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“This edition of The Making of a Quagmire differs in a number of ways from the original one. Approximately one-third of the… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil… — Rocco Galati Copy Share Image
“Master Sun So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and everything was quiet around us - all we could hear were birds… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
“Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
Ever since 1980, sci-fi has generally been more Bladerunner than Star Wars. People talk about Star Wars being the most influential movie… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
I worry that I may have overstated the impact of Civil War on the utopians. By the time the Civil War comes,… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
Since the beginning, the US presidents (all of European stock, of course), had been promoting slavery, extermination campaigns against the native population… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Emotional intelligence in the work that we do, in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, is about equipping young people with the kinds… — Linda Lantieri Copy Share Image
I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
“In a battle ‘Alī confronted a powerful enemy and after a fierce fight was able to throw the enemy to the ground… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Injury is the thing every exhausting piece of strategy and every single weapon is designed to bring into being: it is not… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Kiaran and I have little connection beyond our names. We battle, bleed and hunt together almost every night. He teaches me how… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image