Quotes About Conflict

En 1958, il ne fait aucun doute qu'une large majorité de Français voulait voir la guerre se terminer, mais se terminer avec la défaite du FLN. «

ne fait aucun doute que, individuellement, les Algériens sont de bons combattants, mais ils sont incapables de former une armée tant que celle-ci n'est pas dirigée par des cadres européens. Nous

À la fin de 1955, les pieds-noirs étaient également las des continuelles attaques terroristes du FLN que du manque de fermeté du gouvernement français. 37 civils français, dont dix enfants, avaient été sauvagement massacrés à El Halia

Je veux que le lecteur comprenne bien ce qui était en jeu pour moi à ce moment-là. Les guerres d'insurrection et de contre-insurrection sont extrêmement vicieuses puisqu'elles impliquent personnellement tous les hommes, militaires ou civils, des deux camps, qui se trouvent être dans le théâtre d'opérations. Personne

Je veux que le lecteur comprenne bien ce qui était en jeu pour moi à ce moment-là. Les guerres d'insurrection et de contre-insurrection sont extrêmement vicieuses puisqu'elles impliquent personnellement tous les hommes, militaires ou civils, des deux camps, qui se trouvent être dans le théâtre d'opérations. Personne ne peut se permettre de rester neutre et de regarder les événements en spectateur. Alors

La presse française attisait la colère des colons, surtout Le Monde, L'Express (un hebdomadaire pro-Mendès), le cryptocommuniste France Observateur, Témoignage chrétien (un hebdomadaire aux fortes tendances chrétiennes progressistes, proche des communistes), et même France-Soir. Ces journaux choisissaient de fermer les yeux sur les mauvais côtés du FLN, ils

If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.

An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

Hatred is like a plague. It is all-consuming, and it springs from man to man.

All wars are started by angry old men, but they are fought by young men who die for reasons that are beyond them. In the end, the same old men sit around tables and the war ends. Nothing is achieved. Nothing is gained. New faces move into old castles, and the sons of the dead build families ready to feed new battleground graveyards.

My point is there will always be vile men, just as there will always be men of kindness and compassion... ...This world is a troubled, savage, place. It would, however, even be more ghastly if only evil men took time to master weapons. - Waylander from the book Hero in the Shadows by David Gemmell

War is the enemy of civilization. We cannot grow through war, Xander. It drags us down, filling our hearts with hatred and thoughts of revenge.

We are fighting the greatest war the world has ever seen, and our likely future is death and ruins, and you are thinking about a women you love, instead of making battle plans. If this is what love can do to a man, perhaps you were better off without it. He smiled to himself. I do not believe that, he thought.

War. Such a little word, such a depth of agony. Blood, death, conquest, starvation, plague, and horror.

The battle between good and evil is circular. Good wins, evil wins, good again.

It is baffling to me why so many people find it difficult to say, I was wrong. The words, when spoken with repentance, always turn away wrath. But those who cling to their absolute lightness, despite any evidence to the contrary, will always arouse anger in their comrades or superiors.

Boy, said Druss, his eyes cold, think well about this venture. For make no mistake, you cannot stand before me and live. No man ever has. The words were spoken softly, yet no one disbelieved the old man.

I don't get revenge. Hurting back just means two people are hurt.

There was something very strange about the way he was super-polite to us, and then turned raging-beliigerent to invisible people on the other end of the phone, What he was shouting looked an awful lot like the kind of stuff that couldn't be fixed-that the people on the other end wouldn't forgive.

I was standing on the longest tightrope ever. A suspension bridge between a rock and a planet. Caught in the middle, between Mom and Dad, Weird and Stinky. Not a child, not an adult, but something in-between.

It wasn't just a choice between Earth and the stars because that's a no-brainer. That part was easy. The hard part was that Dad was asking us to choose between him and Mom.

Captain Skyler thinks Councilor Layton is always trying to divide people so he can control them, but Councilor Layton says that Captain Skyler wants to keep everybody in one place so he can control them. It's an argument I'm not sure I understand.

Where are we likely to encounter the most resistance? •

the two southern cultures strongly supported every American war no matter what it was about or who it was against.