Quotes About Conflict

There's only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quick as you can, and as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin."3

Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.

ENEMIES OFTEN become mirror images of each other.

If all poor people refused to fight, he argued, the rich would have no army and there would be no war.

Even creative nonviolence can go unnoticed unless participants are attacked.

Trumpism is, at heart, not a philosophy but an enemies list.

Shock and awe" is deployed in U.S. city streets, complete with police in full body armor, helmeted and masked, with rubber-bullets (as well as live ammunition), flash bang grenades, armored personnel carriers, drones and more. Studying over 800 SWAT team actions between 2010 and 2013, the ACLU report, The War Comes Home, details the extraordinary intensification of militarized police.

Throughout U.S. history—whether it was a matter of controlling indigenous peoples across Western lands that white settlers wanted to occupy, black populations deemed unruly, or laborers not complying with the economic usurpation of a white overclass—the weaponry of military and local policing have often comingled.

The romantic wants to create a world where he or she will possess a fully integrated, unconflicted identity—where the answers to the questions Who am I? and What are we? are exactly the same.

Modern Humans have at least dealt out death fairly: We began our existence by killing each other.

Hasan Pasha also gave the green light for Turks and Greeks to take whatever action they pleased against any Albanians they found: killing them was not a crime. Continuing his march, he executed all the Albanians he encountered, setting fire to a monastery where other were hiding and offering five sequins for every Albanian head brought him.

I offered them Utopia, but they fought for the right to live in Hell.

When faced with a challenging or difficult situation, the best leaders most often respond with courage; less mature leaders, or nonleaders often choose another path-a path with less risk, less conflict, and less personal discomfort.

When leaders lead well, not everyone is going to be happy.

The war is lost," Milley said. "The enemy is in control in Kabul."

As the nation has learned time and again, it is American military preparedness and superiority, in combination with a proactive and prudent foreign policy, that are likely to serve as a deterrent to military conflict and prevent large-scale, long-lasting wars. Should war occur—and at times war is unavoidable—the United States must ensure that its young service personnel are the best trained and equipped on the face of the earth.

dissensus politics

Social movements thrive on conflict," wrote Piven and Cloward.

Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. C. S. LEWIS A

A person should realize that conflict situations between oneself and others are nothing but the effects of conflict situations in one's own soul. MARTIN BUBER Let

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW If

Conflict reveals character--in life and in the novel.

Drama is the key. Conflict is central. Even in non-fiction.

Without conflict, there is no story. Without a story, there is no novel--only the author's self-indulgent musings.