Quotes About Conflict

I used to know how to feel. In war, these are lessons best forgotten.

Like all the parts of the Gulf War we didn't see on TV, parts that were never reported.

He sat perfectly still, studying his hands in his lap. "I know it is a stupid idea to design a weapon that will refuse to kill," he said. "But maybe I could make the killing not so much fun.

He was like the Crow Captain. He didn't want to support a war that he hated, and he didn't want to cause any more suffering, even for his so-called enemy.

Guns, race, meat, and Manifest Destiny all collided in a single explosion of violent, dehumanized activity.

Children would struggle desperately to feel love for their parents. Rather than hate a parent, in fact, they'd choose to hate themselves.

All civilisations have a tendency toward narcissism, and the stronger the civilisation, the more clearly this tendency will appear. It spurs civilisations into conflict with others, triggering their arrogance and lust for domination.This always involves contempt for Others.

Rahu ajal matavad lapsed isasid, kuid sõja ajal isad lapsi.

How many victims, how much blood and suffering, are connected with this business of borders! There is no end to the cemeteries of those who have been killed the world over in the defense of borders. Equally boundless are the cemeteries of the audacious who attempted to expand their borders. It is safe to assume that half of those who have ever walked upon our planet and lost their lives in the field of glory gave up the ghost in battles begun over a question of borders.

Kas me kunagi mõtleme sellele, et maailma rikus on mäletamatutest aegadest olnud prjade loodud? Alates Mesopotaamia niisutussüsteemidest, Hiina müürist, Egiptuse püramiididest, Ateena akropolist kuni Kuuba suhkrurooistandusteni, Louisiana ja Arkansase puuvillaistandusteni, kuni Kolõma söekaevadnusteni ja saksa automagistraalideni välja. Aga sõjad? Sõdu on igivanast ajast peetud selleks, et orje saada

pequeños países del Tercer Mundo tienen la posibilidad de despertar un vivo interés sólo cuando se deciden a derramar sangre. Es una triste verdad, pero así es.

El mundo contempla el gran espectáculo de lucha y muerte, cosas que le resultan difíciles de imaginar porque la imagen de la guerra es intransferible. No se puede transmitir ni con la pluma ni con la voz ni con la cámara. La guerra es una realidad solo para aquellos que están apresados en su interior, sangriento, sucio y repugnante. Para otros no es sino una página en un libro o unas imágenes en una pantalla; nada más.

People have been making war for thousands of years, but each time it is as if it is the first war ever waged, as if everyone has started from scratch. A

Ã…Å¡wiat przypatruje siÄ™ wielkiemu widowisku walki i Å›mierci, które zresztÄ… trudno mu sobie wyobrazi?, bo obraz wojny jest nieprzekazywalny. Ani piórem, ani gÅ'osem, ani kamerÄ…. Wojna jest rzeczywistoÅ›ciÄ… tylko dla tych, którzy tkwiÄ… w jej zakrwawionym, wstrÄ™tnym, brudnym wnÄ™trzu. Dla innych jest stronicÄ… ksi??ki, obrazem na ekranie, niczym wiÄ™cej.

every evil thing has its defenders, because everywhere there are those whom evil sustains, for whom it is an opportunity, life itself.

After all, what is a dollar but paper? A bullet can save your life. Bullets make weapons more significant, and that makes you more significant. A man's life - what is that worth? Another man exists only to the degree that he stands in your way. Life doesn't mean much, but it's better to take it from the enemy before he has time to deliver a blow.

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. — Søren Kierkegaard

but pulling the trigger on that high-riding bitch

Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

There is nothing like a War for the reinvention of lives...

Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.

I know that when people pull apart, they usually employ misunderstanding as a weapon, deliberately getting hold of the stick's wrong end, impaling themselves on its point in order to prove the perfidy of the other.

Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.