Conflict Quote by Óscar Arias

The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns…

— Dennis C. Blair

Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from…

— Vladimir Putin

The U.S. has subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

— Donald Trump

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

— Kofi Annan

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...

— Charles Tilly

More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest…

— Gloria Steinem

The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see…

— Cesar Chavez

Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries ... Thanks…

— Ban Ki-moon

The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted - is one…

— Angus Deaton

War is not the only form of violence imposed on people through inadequate social arrangements. There is also hunger, poverty and scarcity. The use…

— Jacque Fresco

A military starved of resources, training, and equipment will not long be able to protect the country physically or economically.

— Mac Thornberry

Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.

— Lester B. Pearson