Conflict Quotes

1892 Conflict quotes by 1335 unique authors

Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. — Sydney J. Harris
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by… — Charles Dudley Warner
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause. — Seneca the Younger
All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys. — Herman Melville
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation. — Pietro Aretino
There's a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world's mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would… — Jean Giraudoux
It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to… — Max Lerner
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. — Henry Ward Beecher
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. — Miguel de Cervantes
There is no working middle course in wartime. — Winston Churchill
A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain… — Abraham Lincoln
The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly. — Michel de Montaigne
As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery. — John Donne
As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades. — Frank Moore Colby
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them… — Carl Sandburg
I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards… — Adolf Hitler
He, who loves the bristle of bayonets, only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his hand. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men. — Alfred de Vigny
The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual and unexpected as… — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it… — Woodrow Wilson
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. — William Hazlitt
It is as a soldier that you make love and as a lover that you make war. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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