Quotes About Conflict

But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess.

On the fields of Media, of Arabia, and of Armenia, two great armies will assemble thrice. The host near the bank of the Araxes, they will fall in the land of the great Suleiman.

I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying.

The war begins to make itself felt very near to us.

Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.

Controversy is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a good thing at times.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

Peace is not a luxury. Peace is a necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

If somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn't like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump's benefit. If you do something wrong, I'm going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I'm not going to let go until I'm finished.

When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.

Boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank would not have missed their rivalry for all the world, and I don't mind a bit of needle in darts if it helps to pay the bills.

Every character needs an adversary - one who is both challenging and a contrast for the hero. The best adversaries reveal something about the character they're contrasting.

Negative politics have always been around.

Negative energy? Sure, there are awkward moments, but you're in 'Big Brother.' Everybody is trying to win, everybody is trying to form alliances, everybody is trying to kick everybody out of the house. If there wasn't negative energy, then we weren't playing the game.

When you fight someone, it's different. It's a lot of conflict that you can have. Once you fought somebody, that's it. There's not much to it anymore. You went in there, you settled it like men, one on one, and that's it. After that, I don't think there's really a point to kind of carry it with you, any of that negativity.

Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief.

One cannot negotiate under fire.

I don't think you negotiate with people by going around telling them that they're like Nazi guards or it's all about prosecco.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.