Quotes About Conflict

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. —Caedmon Erb, Politics and Reality

Savant, doesn't it strike you as somewhat…hypocritical that we fight to keep humans free from the domination of machines, while at the same time some of our own League Worlds use slaves?

I will take their ridiculous peace and shove it down their cold metal throats.

Most histories are written by the winners of conflicts, but those written by the losers—if they survive—are often more interesting.

It is often easier for us to destroy each other than it is to resolve our differences. Such is the cosmic joke of human nature!

Wherever he went, he left a trail of bodies. The killings brought him little pleasure, though; he would rather have had an answer.

Political leaders often don't recognize the practical uses of imagination and innovative new ideas until such forms are thrust under their noses by bloody hands. —CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, Discourses on Galactic Leadership

In any major conflict, each side fights for its own cause—a belief system they consider worth dying for. Alas, there is not an objective, omnipotent arbiter who can simply decide the merits of each issue and put them to rest without bloodshed, thereby rendering armed conflict obsolete. —GILBERTUS ALBANS, Conversations with Erasmus

To negotiate, both parties must want something that is tangible and compatible. If one party wishes only the destruction of the other, no solution can exist. —Landsraad League records, Salusan proceedings

Like minds do not always blend. They can be an explosive mixture.

Do you not have tribes? Rivalries? Of course, said Taref. All of us do. I am the son of a Naib. The third son of a Naib. Lillis said. Because of my two older brothers, I will never rule the tribe.

Peace has gone on too long. Something inside me says that trouble such as these shores have never known is headed our way.

Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, the drums are beatin' braw. Rakkety Rakkety Rakkety Tam, are ye marchin' off tae war?

Taking my paw to your young Mattimeo's ear, if he keeps upsetting my candied chestnut display. If you'll excuse me," Sister May said, and hurried off.

It doesn't matter who started it or what it's really about...war usually ends up sucking most for women. Even when we're not fighting the battles ourselves, we somehow always end up with the lion's share of the suffering.

Regardless of sex, everyone loses something in a war... but the first casualty is always the truth.

You know, for a pacifist, you sure beg to get stabbed a lot

There's always money in conflict. Says the diehard peacenik? Oh, I abhor real violence, but fake violence is fucking brilliant.

Gert: Wake me when the fight scene's over. Kitty Pryde: Oy, tell me about it. Hey, I'm Kitty. You the token pacifist of your group? Gert: Not exactly. Pacifists are like vegans, I'm more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.

Well, robots are, of course, the monkey's natural enemy.

Rock beats scissors, bitch.

When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.

I've found that cultures often clash for the same reasons that people do. It's not because we're so different from each other... it's because we're all so goddamn alike

It was a time of war. Isn't it always.