Quotes About Conflict

On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.

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

Bill Clinton was one of the greatest presidents that we've seen. He was involved in the peace process in the very beginning, and he not only showed himself to be knowledgeable about Irish history and Irish-British relationships, but also he was very sympathetic to the idea of resolving conflict.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.

I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone's right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict.

I had no sympathy with my mum and dad.

We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing the symptoms.

It's impossible for everybody to be in sync, even the most proper family.

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.

I don't want to be overly dramatic, but Iraq and Syria are gone, and they aren't coming back, at least not as centralized states.

Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.

For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over time came to include extremist Sunni Islamist groups.

The civil war in Syria is complex and devastating.

I do believe that if there is some way that we can find a diplomatic way to address the atrocities in Syria, I think that we should move forward with all due speed to make sure that it is something that is credible.

You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

If you're in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be convenient for rebels to say, 'It was the Americans.'

It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

I've been involved in air strikes against Syria and operations against Syria numerous times in my career.