Activity Quote by Jane Jacobs

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.

— Robert Kagan

Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

“The facet most primed for conflict is liberalism. Most industrial cultures now govern themselves with laws and elected lawmakers. This pits two extremes against…

— Hannah Holmes

Conflicting economic interest is relatively unimportant as a cause of war.

— Frank Knight

Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And…

— Richard Branson

“It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since…

— William S. Burroughs

When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.

— Desmond Tutu

Conflict is growth trying to happen.

— Helen LaKelly Hunt

Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.

— James Wolfensohn

Conflict is inevitable, the source of all growth, and an absolute necessity if one is to be alive.

— Jean Baker Miller

Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of…

— Geoff Mulgan