Quotes About Conflict

Far from shocking the rulers of Europe, the war that erupted in August 1914 was widely anticipated, rigorously rehearsed, immensely resourced and meticulously planned.

In America's 'nonlinear war', with no frontline or clear political or territorial goals, the number of enemy killed apparently revealed who was 'winning'. 'The military kill' became 'the prime target, simply because the essential political target is too elusive for us, or worse, because we do not understand its importance'.

Respected political and military leaders saw the world as a Darwinian battleground, where the fittest race would emerge triumphant from a savage fight to the death.

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

t was once famously said that it is as well that wars are so ruinously expensive, else we would never stop fighting them. However well said, it seems also to be endlessly forgotten that, while there may be just wars and unjust wars, there are never any cheap wars.

his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy and adoration — there was the sound there too of anger and resentment. She would not look at him because she did not want to be in his presence. She hated him and he (how could he not?) hated her in return.

Cuando uno les demuestra a los demás que están equivocados, los demás lo odian a uno por ello.

Nikdy nep?erušuj nep?ítele, když se dopouští omylu.

Regardless of where you stood on Trump, his victory disrupted the status quo, brought anger out of the shadows and barbed human relations.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter but with guns.

I have found that there are two ways of dealing with men. Either you treat them with respect, or you kill them. Anything in between merely breeds resentment and the desire for revenge.

There are men in frock coats and top hats with the blood of the world on their hands, and they eat with silver forks and white napkins every day, and they will give up their last breath in a linen-made bed whilst the ones they sent out to die lie forgotten in the earth, mouldering bones with the poppies fat and red above 'em. Ah, mankind.

Las discusiones a nivel superficial alimentadas con ira pueden durar por días y son completamente inefectivas, pero cuando resuelven la verdadera raíz del problema, todos esos asuntos superficiales empiezan a desaparecer. Usted

You gotta admit, it's a messed-up world when going to war is safer than staying home.

When I was a kid, Granny filled a bushel basket with her do's and don'ts. She taught me never to start a fight but to know how to end one. To be wary of the rich and powerful. And to go through life doing the least damage possible. Thanks to her, I favor the underdog. I root against the Yankees, the Lakers, and the Patriots. If Germany invaded Poland—again—I'd take the points and go with the Poles.

Four Horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling.

The Four Horsemen that destroy relationships. Criticism. Contempt. Defensiveness. Stonewalling.

We need peacemakers, not peacekeepers.

Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.

It's pretty simple. When people got out of Africa and Asia and reached other parts of the world, all hell broke loose.

To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

That as long as I kept them apart, love would be sexless and sex loveless, endlessly repeating its cycle of self-denial and self-abuse.

It's real hard to come off as even slightly superior when you're living a Tom and Jerry episode.