Conflict Quotes · Page 40

We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.

— Michele Bachmann

The strongest among men is not he that fights everybody but he that learns to control his anger.

— Jimmy MacCall

We're having this conflict in Syria is because [Vladimir] Putin wants to take Iranian oil and channel that oil up to Europe.

— Andrea Tantaros

“desperately wanting to define what's in the air between us but unwilling to make the first move”

— Emily Giffin

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

— Philip Sidney

Whenever conflict arises among living creatures the sense of ownership is the cause.

— Shantideva

Negative public opinion of a conflict and the politicization of the military can negatively affect service members and contribute to PTSD.

— Brianna Keilar

Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame

— Torquato Tasso

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not…

— Allen Tate

The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or…

— Enrique Penalosa

There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of…

— Tariq Ali

Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only…

— Clarence Darrow

In the land of "I know," there is always competitiveness, jealousy, pretence, pride and arrogance. It is an aggressive realm - the…

— Mooji

With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope…

— Colin Powell

“Enmeshed in collective hatred and anger, each side proclaims the crimes of the other and its own righteousness, is unable to listen…

— Donald Rothberg

We have seen enough of war to know that it doesn't work to resolve conflicts. It only exacerbates them. It is time…

— Peter Kuznick

Indeed, the very first acknowledgment (as far as I am aware) of the attraction of mutilated bodies occurs in a founding description…

— Susan Sontag

When parents are educated about how not to involve children in their conflicts and co-parent amicably, a lot of the ill effects…

— Stephanie Coontz

“Well it’s good to have a car like that, once in a while somebody’ll say, ‘why don’t you come over for dinner?’…

— Charles Bukowski

Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes - one rich, one…

— Ronald Reagan

Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human…

— Tony Blair

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to have been overshadowed by the upheavals in the region. I have followed events there for almost 40…

— Heinz Fischer

Jesus taught us how to forgive out of love, how to forget out of humility. So let us examine our hearts and…

— Mother Teresa

Emotional intelligence in the work that we do, in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, is about equipping young people with the kinds…

— Linda Lantieri

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy.…

— Dick Gephardt

Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the…

— R.J. Rushdoony

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

— Robert Aumann

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

— Abraham Lincoln

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

— Kofi Annan

We are not Like minded which causes conflict ,therefore he seeks material and I seek self

— Anonymous

If any part of your uncertainty, is a conflict between your heart and your mind - follow your mind.

— Ayn Rand

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.

— Tony Blair

“Reading and knowledge feed the soul, but a man still needs bread… and here I am, caught between both. Yonan -”

— Hany Elframawy

“If you create an environment of conflicts, I don’t think you will enjoy peace yourself.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels keep me standing up.”

— Shannon L. Alder

The Department of Labor's final conflict of interest rule will ensure that America's workers and retirees receive retirement advice in their best…

— Tom Perez

“If I had many who oppose me, it means I have stood for something sacred that only my heart knows.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

That's what protagonists do. They work hard, they have a conflict, they overcome the obstacles.

— Jon Heder

You know what I hate about working? Bosses...The very idea that ANYONE could be my boss, well...I think you see the conflict.

— Bill Hicks

The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological…

— Judith Lewis Herman