Read quote“So long as that man remains on the Coast no disruptions of any serious nature would ever occur, but as soon as his successor comes there will be some great troubles.”
About Conflict
Disagreement, opposition, tension, and the struggle between competing interests.
The collection
Words on Conflict
Read quote“I've fought sectarianism all my life. That doesn't mean I was one-sided. I just hated it.”
Read quote“Now their so-called Scientific or Socialism is in open antagonism with the Catholic Church and true Christianity.”
Read quote“Only peace can salvage Taiwan.”
Read quote“I have repeatedly said on the Floor of the House that the Army is a necessity in Northern Ireland.”
Read quote“Artists do not have enmities with anyone. Artists do not like war. War is not good for any country.”
Read quote“Someone or other is bound to get offended.”
Read quote“I'm very short-tempered and quarrelsome, so when I work with men there's always the possibility of a fight.”
Read quote“tôi, tự đáy lòng, không chấp nhận [hoạt động của các em tôi].”
Read quote“One missionary can do more for peace than 10,000 troops of soldiers.”
Read quote“You have failed to fuse together in Ireland the conflicting interests which you found there—the North and the South.”
Read quote“There must be humans on the other side of the fence; it’s only we haven’t learned how to talk.”
Read quote“Obowiązek względem narodu, jeśli się nim szczerze przejąć zdołamy, przytłumi wszelkie między nami niesnaski, wygna z zagrody naszej niezgodę, a rozsypane cząstki spoi w jedno ciało jedną ożywioną duszę.”
Read quote“Composée exclusivement de gauchistes une société est conduite à l’hystérie. Privée de gauchistes, une société est conduite à l’asphyxie.”
Read quote“Slavery is most certainly doomed; —the only fear is the results of the conflict for its abolition.”
Read quote“There is no safe place. Your back is against the wall so all you can do is continue.”
Read quote“If only we could recapture those few seconds, it’d save all this argument and uncertainty, we’d know what it was.”
Read quote“You don’t forget those things, but that doesn’t mean you don’t make peace with your opponents either.”
Read quote“I believe that Jordan has, to its credit, always associated itself with the Palestinian hopes and aspirations and with the Arab cause.”
Read quote“We must fight for it with gloves off.”
