Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict…

If democracy, in essence, means the abolition of class domination, then why should not a socialist minister charm the whole bourgeois world by orations…

— Vladimir Lenin

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.

— Kofi Annan

Nagasaki and Hiroshima remind us to put peace first every day; to work on conflict prevention and resolution, reconciliation, and dialogue; and to tackle…

— Antonio Guterres

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight…

— Thomas Friedman

“The alternative to systematic planning is decision-making based on history. This generally results in reactive management leading to crisis management, conflict management, and fire…

— Harold R. Kerzner

When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy knowledge and…

— Widad Akrawi

“Complex operations, in which agencies assume complementary roles and operate in close proximity-often with similar missions but conflicting mandates-accentuate these tensions. The tensions are…

— Michael Miklaucic

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.

— Petra Kelly

“Armed strife and violent conflict between and among people are as old as human experience itself, older perhaps than singing, and certainly predating the…

— Lisa R. Spaar

“The 1.8 million child deaths each year related to clean water and sanitation dwarf the casualities associated with violent conflict. No act of terrorism…

— rose george

War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it is to…

— Bruce Van Voorhis

“political environment. But there is always a thin line between a peaceful election and armed conflict. We acknowledge this close relationship in the way…

— Scott Farris

We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting…

— Barack Obama

It is important to realize that a large percentage of what we hear or see on the news focuses on those places where there…

— Eckhart Tolle

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our…

— Mahatma Gandhi