“Presidential trust is something, that's perishable and it's precious. And once a president loses it, it's not a question of whether it's conflict of interests laws or there aren't conflict of interests laws.” LawPresidentInterestLosesConflictPresidentialConflict Of Interest Author:Mark Shields
“Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles - is as unique as our fingerprints.” PrinciplesConflictUniqueBrandsFingerprints Author:Chris Cleave
“What I am really worried about is that Donald Trump steps outside norms about, for example, what he does about his business. If he holds on to his business or just lets his kids run it, this opens up enormous possibilities for conflicts of interest.” IfsDoeRunningKidsInterestStepsExamplePossibilityTrumpConflictEnormousWorriedNormConflict Of Interest Author:E. J. Dionne
“The children don't choose to be in the business, but the harming and long-term effects through arguments, divorce and conflicts over the financial issues in a business are huge.” ChildrenLongTermIssuesEffectsHugeConflictArgumentFinancialDivorceLong Term Author:Robert Irvine
“We have hitherto considered only two possibilities: that the received opinion may be false, and some other opinion, consequently, true; or that, the received opinion being true, a conflict with the opposite error is essential to a clear apprehension and deep feeling of its truth. But there is a commoner case than either of these; when the conflicting doctrines, instead of being one true and the other false, share the truth between them.” MayTwoFeelingsOpinionCasesClearSharePossibilityTruth IsConflictEssentialsOppositesErrorsDoctrineBeing TrueApprehensionDeep FeelingCommonersOthers Opinions Author:John Stuart Mill
“[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire.” InterestEnemySeriousTrumpRight NowConflictMembersCongressJournalistEmpiresHuntsMultinationalsConflict Of Interest Author:Chuck Todd
“[Donald] Trump`s business conflicts are big enough and have come up throughout various aspects of this transition.” EnoughBigsTrumpConflictAspectCome UpVariousTransition Author:Chuck Todd
“Not only can [business conflicts] not be ignored, it needs to be dealt with really front and center before he can conduct [Donald's Trump] presidency.” NeedsFrontsTrumpConflictIgnoredPresidency Author:Chuck Todd
“[Donald Trump] has got his own controversies to deal with. The business conflicts are a big one. But he`s creating new ones. There`s no precedent for it.” BigsDealsTrumpConflictCreatingControversyPrecedent Author:Chuck Todd
“The president-elect [Donald Trump] himself in the interview with "The New York Times" says there is no law that governs conflict of interest in - with the president.” LawPresidentInterestNew YorkTrumpConflictInterviewsNew York TimesConflict Of Interest Author:Chuck Todd
“Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans are on record supporting voucherizing Medicare. So there are going to be some conflicts to resolve there.” WayWantSaidSocialRecordsSecurityTrumpRepublicanConflictResolveSocial SecurityMedicareCongressman Author:Mara Liasson
“I think, with Trump, the major point is this guy has business enterprises all over the world. And you're looking just at immense, immense conflict of interest.” ThinkingWorldGuyInterestTrumpConflictMajorsEnterpriseImmenseThis GuyConflict Of Interest Author:Bernie Sanders
“General [James] Mattis has said that the deal's in place. We can't unilaterally pull out of it without support from our allies because the sanctions wouldn't bite as deeply. And so he'll find other ways to push back against Iran in the various conflicts that Iran is fomenting around the [Iran] region.” WaySaidDealsSupportConflictVariousRegionsIranAlliesBitesSanctionsGeneral James Mattis Author:Peter R. Mansoor
“When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally in your body.” BodyTurnsAttentionConflictBlameCaughtYour Body Author:Tara Brach
“We learned that President-elect [Donald] Trump intends to keep his executive producer title on Celebrity Apprentice. We know he's going to come out later this week and talk about how he's going to handle the overall conflicts of interests, perhaps, with his businesses in the White House.” KnowsHousePresidentInterestWhiteWeekTrumpConflictHandleProducersTitlesExecutivesWhite HouseApprenticeConflict Of Interest Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Newt Gingrich said that this executive producer is weird and it raises - does raise questions about possible conflicts. The FCC regulates NBC corporations can try to curry favor with the president by placing their products on the show [Celebrity Apprentice].” TryingDoeSaidShowsPresidentProductsConflictRaisesFavorsProducersCorporationsExecutivesApprenticeNbcNewtsCurryFccRaises Questions Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.” PeopleThinkingSeemsNamesStuffInterestMediaTrumpHigherConflictConcernSellsConflict Of Interest Author:Rand Paul
“For Donald Trump's business partners around the world, including the developers of this luxury golf course in Dubai, what some in the U.S. may see as a conflict of interest is, for them, money in the bank.” WorldMayCoursesInterestTrumpConflictGolfIncludingPartnersLuxuryAround The WorldGolf CourseDevelopersConflict Of InterestDubaiBusiness Partners Author:Brian Ross
“[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.” InterestTrumpConflictInternationalConflict Of InterestInternational BusinessBusiness Relationship Author:Norman L. Eisen
“[Donald Trump] has moved to admit that there is a conflict of interest now and he needs to do something.” NeedsInterestTrumpConflictMovedConflict Of Interest Author:Norman L. Eisen
“There's going to be a lot of remedies. [Donald Trump] is also subject to other conflicts laws.The bribery laws are intended to prevent conflicts, for example. He's subject to criminal law. He's subject to civil law. He's going to be subject to litigation. He's already in a lot of cases. This is going to come up in existing litigation and there's going to be new litigation.” LawCasesSubjectsExampleTrumpConflictCome UpCriminalsRemedyBriberyCriminal Law Author:Norman L. Eisen
“With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those [Donald Trump's] taxes to evaluate whether these conflicts go to the heart of our most pressing national security interests.” HeartInterestSecurityTrumpConflictTaxesRussiaConclusionAgencyNational SecurityEvaluateAllegationsIntelligence Agencies Author:Norman L. Eisen
“The defining aspects of westerns are still pretty much in place - namely landscape and conflict. In other books the conflict can be internal, but in westerns it usually plays out on a big stage.” StillsBookPlayBigsStageConflictAspectLandscapeInternalsDefining Author:Elizabeth Crook
“[A conflict of Sunni vs. Shia] is in the mind of the Saudis, and this is in the minds of the Wahabists. [The Iranians] actually what they are doing is the opposite. They tried to open channels with the Saudi, with many other Islamic entities in the region in order to talk about Islamic society, not Sunni and Shi'ite societies.” MindOrderConflictOppositesIslamicRegionsEntitySaudisShiaIslamic Society Author:Bashar al-Assad
“I just would like to say that over more than a quarter-century as a scientist and a believer, I find absolutely nothing in conflict between agreeing with Richard [Dawkins] in practically all of his conclusions about the natural world, and also saying that I am still able to accept and embrace the possibility that there are answers that science isn't able to provide about the natural world - the questions about why instead of the questions about how. I'm interested in the whys.” WorldStillsAbleNaturalAnswersAcceptingCenturyPossibilityConflictScientistEmbraceBelieverConclusionQuartersNatural WorldAbsolutely Nothing Author:Richard Dawkins
“A 1998 study was done in Hebrew by an Israeli scholar, Yosef Grodzinsky, and the English translation of the title is Good Human Material. That's what they wanted sent to Palestine for colonization and for the eventual conflict that took place some years later. These policies were somewhat complementary to the U.S. policy of pressuring England to allow Jews to go to Palestine, but not allowing them here. The British politician Ernest Bevin was quite bitter about it, asking, "if you want to save the Jews, why send them to Palestine when you don't admit them?"” IfsWantYearsHumansDoneWantedStudyPolicyMaterialsPoliticianConflictEnglandAskingJewBritishBitterTitlesAllowingScholarPalestineTranslationsIsraeliHebrewColonizationComplementary Author:Noam Chomsky
“William R. Polk discusses the Spanish guerrilla war against Napoleon [ Bonaparte] and other cases where the conflict turns into a political war, and the invader, who usually has overwhelming power, loses because they can't fight the political war.” WarPoliticalTurnsFightingLosesCasesConflictOverwhelmingInvadersGuerrillasBonaparte Author:Noam Chomsky
“We believe that we could do a great deal to neutralise regional conflicts. Also, for example, to continue joint activities in space, for peaceful civilian purposes.” BelievePurposeSpaceDealsExampleActivityConflictPeacefulJointsCivilians Author:Vladimir Putin
“Americans love technology, like jet planes and hot rods and televisions. It's a real conflict between the denial of, "gee this is going to break people out of their regular frames," and "gee it's a new technology I have got to have it."” PeopleRealBreakTechnologyTelevisionConflictHotDenialPlanesJetNew TechnologyJet Planes Author:Howard Rheingold
“I commended Angela [Merkel] for her leadership along with President Hollande in working to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We continued to stand with the people of Ukraine and for the basic principle that nations have a right to determine their own destiny and we discussed the importance of maintaining sanctions until Russia fully complies with the Minsk Agreement.” PeopleNationsPresidentPrinciplesDestinyConflictImportanceDetermineRussiaAgreementResolveMaintainingUkraineSanctionsBasic PrinciplesAngela Author:Barack Obama
“On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and that a negotiated end to the conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in Syria.” WayEndsClearAchieveConflictHumanitarianRussiaLastingRegimesSyriaCatastropheCiviliansAssad Author:Barack Obama
“I began researching and writing what I intended as a book-length essay entitled Fascination and Liberation, exploring the question of whether there is a conflict between creativity and the Eastern form of enlightenment. I don't know if I'll ever finish that essay, because I had an experience, after I'd written two or three chapters, in which it seemed to me that my psychic antibodies decisively rejected Buddhism. Interestingly, the rejection felt as if it happened in Zen terms.” IfsKnowsWritingTwoBookFormThreeFeltTermCreativityWrittenHappenedBuddhismConflictEnlightenmentLiberationRejectionLengthChaptersRejectedEntitledExploringPsychicsEasternEssaysFascinationAntibodies Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I feel a little as if the Buddhism is creeping back, but I mention all this simply in order to illustrate that there is, in my life, a fundamental sense of conflict between something that I am calling 'Buddhism' and my creative impulse.” IfsFeelsLittlesOrderCreativeBuddhismCallingConflictFundamentalsImpulse Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.” PeopleMayWishCreativityBuddhismFineConflict Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I understand that words can mean different things to different people, and, further, that people can have different relationships with complex abstract entities such as Buddhism. To me, anyway, the entity in my life that conflicts with my creativity is Buddhism.” PeopleMeanDifferentCreativityBuddhismConflictComplexesAbstractDifferent ThingsEntityDifferent PeoplesDifferent Relationships Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“It's rare that you have a conflict and two people or two groups who are equally mature in their desire or capacity to get there. That doesn't mean it can't happen. What it means is that one person has to take the lead, has to be bigger. I call that kind of person the new first responder.” PeopleFirstsKindMeanPersonsTwoHappensDesireGroupsConflictCapacityBiggerMatureThat One Person Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.” PeopleFirstsPersonsStepsConflictBraveFirst Steps Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.” IfsThinkingBelievePersonsLawSidesChurchStreetsBrotherCallingRepublicanConflictWorshipDemocratAbortionGlobal WarmingNeighborhoodLunchInitiativeIn-lawsShortageYour BrotherMosquesSynagogueBrother In Law Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government that responded by basically killing the protesters. It's not a genocide, it's a war, and there's a difference. Genocide is a preplanned attack on people because of who they are. This is a interstate conflict.” PeopleWarGovernmentDifferencesConflictSpringKillingCivil WarGenocideSyriaUprisingArab SpringInterstate Author:Susan Rice
“[Yahya Khan ] I have a big problem on my hands with him. I've set up a war commission to study the responsibilities inherent in the recent conflict.” WarProblemHandsBigsResponsibilityStudyConflictInherentBig Problems Author:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
“You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict.” SaidStatesUseLawCausesEnvironmentConflictWeaponsCourtThreatInternationalHarmContraryNuclearDamageNuclear WeaponsInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John Burroughs
“Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.” SometimesActionSidesConflictTough Author:Kofi Annan
“The biggest problems with Iran in the region are not due to the size of their resources, but due to the fact that they've been more effective in supporting proxies and stirring up dissension and conflict in the region than America or our allies have been in stopping those activities.” Has BeensFactsProblemAmericaActivityConflictResourcesSizeDuesRegionsIranAlliesStoppingStirringProxyDissension Author:Barack Obama
“I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict.” WorldHumanityCommonConflictDefinedApologizingFuture Of Humanity Author:Barack Obama
“My favorite team growing up was the Cincinnati Reds. Living within 10 minutes of the ball park I went to as many games as possible growing up as long as they didn't conflict with my baseball schedule.” LongGamesGrowing UpGrowingTeamMinutesConflictBaseballBallsMy FavoriteParksSchedules Author:Graham Taylor
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“Stepping back from running [Donald Trump] positions is meaningless from a conflict of interests perspective. The presidency is a full-time job and he would have had to step back anyway.” RunningJobsInterestStepsPositionPerspectiveTrumpConflictMeaninglessPresidencyFull Time JobsConflict Of InterestStepping Back Author:Reince Priebus
“It's important to understand that the president [Donald Trump] is now entering a world of public service. He's going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. He's going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world.” MenWorldImportantPresidentRiskSacrificeTrumpConflictMen And WomenAskingAround The WorldUniformsEnteringPublic Service Author:Reince Priebus
“Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of benefit from a foreign government.” GovernmentLawPresidentInterestTypeConflictBenefitsConstitutionClausesConflict Of Interest Author:Reince Priebus
“I am concerned that Donald Trump walks into the White House a walking conflict of interest in violation of the emoluments clause of the constitution, and the Stock Act. It is important to investigate whether there are financial levers, not just Russia - China, the Emirates. Because he will never make America great again - I don't believe he ever will, but he will not do so if he's beholden to.” IfsBelieveImportantAmericaHouseInterestWhiteWalksTrumpWalkingConflictConcernedConstitutionDon't BelieveFinancialChinaRussiaWhite HouseViolationClausesLeversConflict Of InterestEmirates Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel