Quotes About Conflict

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

The idea that we're going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong.

I was living a complete lie. But unfortunately, guilt doesn't make you stop.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in the context of situations where peacekeepers have failed to shield civilians, or even when the peacekeepers themselves have been involved in abuse.

I never brought it up when I coached, but I have close ties at Ohio State. Unfortunately, I even have a graduate degree from there.

Unfortunately, the international community is not ready to deal with Iran's repeated provocations.

The international community unfortunately did take sides in Libya, and we would never allow the Security Council to authorise anything similar to what happened in Libya.

Violence and chaos were an ever-present part of the world that I grew up in. And unfortunately, it wasn't just in my family. Sometimes, you'd see, you know, Mom fighting with one of her boyfriends. But a lot of times, you'd see people exploding on each other in a local restaurant or on the street.

When I was growing up, I thought everything was a life of friendship, respect, and sharing. But I discovered that unfortunately, you have people who aren't behaving in the same way but have hatred.

Unfortunately, I am not the typical, old-school, 'Yes dear, you're right,' just to get out of a situation. I am more of the type to work it out until you think I'm right or I think you're right.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you.

My family was very unhappy about my becoming a photographer - profoundly and deeply unhappy.

I kind of see myself as a cartoon that's on its way to becoming a real person that has to find that special amulet or mushroom to get to that next realm or level. I don't feel like anything is that tangible. It freaks me out, why I feel unhappy or conflicted and why that can change on a dime.

When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.

When you're unhappy, you tend to play up, don't you?

When I first had a child, I really had a hard time trying to figure out how it was all going to fit together. Because I felt like, when I was with him, I wanted to be writing and I should be writing. And when I was writing, I felt like I should be with him, and wanted to be with him. So I was unhappy a lot.

'Catch-22' was a nightmare to make, and everybody was unhappy except me.

A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.

I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.

The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.

Even people who aren't pleasant to deal with - it's often because they're unhappy, and something's still not resolved for them.