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Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
William McKinley
War
Peace
Conflict
Remember
Concord
Our
Those
Rests
Eminence
Real
Interest
Victories
Us
Let Us
Ever
The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're all interconnected - it's one big problem, which is that the way we're doing things can't go on.
Alex Steffen
Environmental
Conflict
Problem
Problems
Poverty
Big
Way
Global
Doing
Go
Disease
Big Problem
Sustainability
Biggest
Interconnected
Which
Decline
Forth
Planet
Really
Things
A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.
Amos Oz
Conflict
People
Minds
Begins
Hearts
Ends
Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.
Amos Oz
Conflict
Past
Oppressor
Other
Arab
See
Case
Parent
Cruel
Between
Look
Another
Very
Same
Children
Victims
Much
Each
Image
Jew
Two
Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.
Charles Krauthammer
War
History
Struggle
Conflict
Values
Other
Constant
Constitute
Primacy
Accounts
Human
Human History
We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.
Colin Powell
War
You
Peace
Conflict
Sometimes
Try
Diplomacy
Nation
Before
Beginning
Believe
Approach
Has-Been
Find
Reconciliation
Had
Taken
Since
Practiced
Always
Go
Been
Very
Worked
Should
Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
Donatella Versace
Conflict
Creativity
Ideas
The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
Jack Dangermond
Good
Nature
You
Change
Conflict
World
Live
Increasingly
Good Stories
Unsustainable
Climate
Climate Change
Loss
Stories
Pollution
Patterns
Social
Population
Population Growth
Challenged
Growth
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
James Russell Lowell
Truth
Good
Conflict
Evil
Nation
Every
Side
Once
Come
Falsehood
Person
Decide
Moment
It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.
Linda Ronstadt
Me
Conflict
Somebody
Cloud
Christian
Out
Find
Rather
Know
Concert
Audience
Real
Go
Republican
Fundamental
Enjoyment
The mortal mind alone cannot devise an answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the true answer lies on a level of consciousness that's beyond our mortal thinking. Quite simply, when it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, we need a miracle.
Marianne Williamson
Alone
Conflict
Mind
Thinking
Our
Lies
Miracle
Simply
Mortal
True
Beyond
Devise
Because
Answer
Israel
Israeli-Palestinian
Quite
Cannot
Level
Palestinians
Consciousness
Need
Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.
Michael Haneke
You
Conflict
Seriously
Society
Drama
Way
Deal
Issues
Trying
Which
Social
Social Issues
Avoiding
Lives
Present
Violence
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.
Phil Knight
Life
Success
Work
You
Business
Peace
Conflict
Battle
Key
Key To Success
Chaos
Neither
Constant
Immutable
About
Both
Between
Mastered
How
Go
Influenced
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
Prince Charles
Conflict
Emotions
Fear
Power
Out
Clash
Distrust
About
Mention
Lead
Arises
Leaders
Powerful
Ideals
Also
Course
Because
Understand
Misunderstanding
Misuse
Tragically
Which
Inability
Bigoted
Activities
A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.
Richard M. Nixon
Conflict
People
President
Reconciliation
Only
Divides
Hearts
American
Ask
Racial
I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
Robert Mugabe
You
Peace
Commitment
Conflict
Election
Wish
Before
Assure
State
Our
Never
Armed
House
Democratic
Democratic Process
Return
Existed
Any
Process
Which
Lancaster
Agreement
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.
Simone Weil
Conflict
Cause
More
Likely
Than
Wheat
International
Petroleum
It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
Walter Cronkite
Government
Peace
Conflict
World
Police
First
Judiciary
Own
United Nations
Our
Must
Seems
Laws
Step
Catastrophic
Toward
Executive
First Step
Nations
Legislature
After
Us
Enforce
Avoid
International
Many
Keep
United
Eventual
Strengthen
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
Abdullah II of Jordan
You
Conflict
Intelligence
National
Military
Positions
Look
Always
Israeli-Palestinian
Been
National Interests
American
Against
Interests
Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
Allison Janney
Great
Conflict
Better
Drama
About
Than
And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.
Amos Oz
Respect
Conflict
Claim
Has-Been
Clash
Powerful
Between
Over
Another
Israeli-Palestinian
Been
Tragedy
Very
Land
Convincing
Painful
Less
When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
You
Peace
Conflict
Somebody
Warrior
Say
Says
Promote
Buffy
Alternative
Oh
Stop
Them
Really
Resolution
I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be too happy or it's boring. People don't want to watch that - they want to watch things that are exciting and dangerous and sexy and have tension.
Carrie Preston
Work
You
Happy
Conflict
People
Dangerous
Nothing
Think
Too
Television
Sexy
Boring
Boring People
Exciting
Tension
Order
Want
Anything
Things
Watch
When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
Daisaku Ikeda
War
Together
Conflict
Inevitable
Live
Human
Human Beings
Beings
'In Utero' was the first time I'd made an album that reached into the dark side. I remember the conflict and the uncertainty. I remember all those things when I hear 'Pennyroyal Tea.'
Dave Grohl
Time
Conflict
Dark
Remember
Made
Dark Side
First
Tea
Side
Those
Uncertainty
Reached
First Time
Hear
Things
Album
The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.
David Icke
Conflict
World
Will
United Nations
Gathering
See
Point
Over
Years
Overwhelmed
Nations
Where
After
United
Millennium
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