Quotes About Conflict

Tact is not a small thing; in the battle of life it is more powerful than a bludgeon.

Mr. Shaw came for a short time recently to be regarded less as an author than as an incident in the European War. In the opinion of many people it seemed as if the Allies were fighting against a combination composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Mr. Shaw.

It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me

Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.

Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug em so tight they cant wiggle.

Tell the Vietnamese they've got to draw in their horns or we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

We still seek no wider war.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.

We Americans know-although others appear to forget-the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. (On ordering retaliatory action against North Vietnam)

That bitch of a war killed the lady I really loved -- the Great Society.

Victory is no longer a truth. It is only a word to describe who is left alive in the ruins

Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who are as different as you and your father are." "Yes, and he's also the king--that makes our relationship impossible.

once I understand that my enemy is never going to lay down arms and sign a peace treaty with, I would be wise to remain on full alert at all times.

Tobin had spent the first twelve years of his life living a lie, and the last two trying to ignore the truth.

Cursed be the weapon that tastes the blood of a friend.

If she takes me to task over this, shall I tell her you attacked the trees?" "We had no treaty with the forest," Saruel replied serenely.

In contrast to Marxism, with its emphasis on class struggle between owners and workers, modernization traces conflict to the disparity between modernizing forces and traditional groups who are left behind or resist incorporation into the modern world.