Conflict Quote by Stephen Gardiner Download Open image “Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.” — Stephen Gardiner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conflict England War
A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so regularly and… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Britain is not homogenous; it was never a society without conflict. The English fought tooth and nail over everything we know of as English… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens… — Mary Quant Copy Share Image
But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated. — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“The war between England and Scotland was in its eighth year and there had been no raid for ten days: it had seemed possible… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.” — Len Deighton Copy Share Image
“The period of which I write was an overshadowed one in British history, and especially in the history of the northern provinces. War was then at its height. Europe was all involved therein. England, if not weary, was worn with long resistance — yes, and half her people were weary too, and cried out for peace on any terms. National… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share
Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in defeat. Nor… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
In my opinion, a war between England and Germany was a war between brothers. In my inner self I admired the English government and… — Walter Schellenberg Copy Share Image
“One of my ancestors fought in the War of the Roses“, she announced haughtily, without looking round, “and in those wars you were supposed to wear a red rose or a white rose to show whose side you were on, but he was very attached to a pink rose called Lady Lavinia, which we still grow in the Hall, actually,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
“While there is battle and hatred men have eyes for nothing save the fact that the enemy is the cause of all the troubles;… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
