Quotes About Conflict

On the island of Ireland the issue of the border is more than just a practical issue; it is about emotion, history and politics.

Abu Mazen has deprived himself of all the practical authorities of government.

In the battle between the sexes, men and women will go practically to the end of the earth in illogical, irrational ways to give each other pain.

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.

If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing.

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.

Acting is many things, and one is an exercise of will. In any given scene, you're trying to find where the drama and conflict is and then deploy the actors to play at that point of conflict with precision, control, and complete will.

I predict you're going to see more and more of this shifting of al Qaeda fighters going over to ISIS because they are the game in town.

Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.

There was a misunderstanding with Barca. Something happened that I didn't like, but I prefer to keep it for myself.

My preference is not to fight a Mexican.

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

There was a lot of prejudice towards Russians in Latvia. When I went to school, often Latvians didn't like me, and Russians and Latvians didn't like Americans, so that was a whole other prejudice.

I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling.

A detective story is just the premise for conflict, as a Western is.

There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.

There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war. There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.

Play up the outrage factor and suddenly groups bond together like never before - and prepare to attack like never before.

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.