“One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that what works in politics is organization and conflict. That is, drawing the sharp distinctions. But in real life, what works is networks and cooperation. And we need victories in real life, so we've got to get back to networks and cooperation, not just conflict. But politics has always been about conflict, and in the coverage of politics, information dissemination tends to be organized around conflict as well.” WorldNeedsWellsRealCountryInformationVictoryConflictOrganizationDrawingReal LifeOur CountryAround The WorldOrganizedDistinctionGet BackCooperationDilemmaCoverageDissemination Author:William J. Clinton
“The question of how people orient around religion differently, or interact with one another, whether that be based on conflict or cooperation, will be one of the most engaging questions of the 21st century.” PeopleCenturyConflictCooperation21st CenturyEngaging Author:Eboo Patel
“Christianity has held back any further advances in human consciousness for the past thousand years. And for the past century it's been in direct conflict with its illegitimate offspring, Communism (again with a capital C). Both ask the individual to sacrifice his self-interest to the higher goals of the organization. (Which is okay by me as long as it's voluntary; but as soon as either becomes too big - and takes on that damned capital C - they stop asking for cooperation and start demanding it.) Any higher states of human enlightenment have been sacrificed between these two monoliths.” YearsHumansLongHas BeensTwoSelfStatesBigsPastAsksIndividualGoalInterestConsciousnessChristianitySacrificeCenturyHigherThousandConflictEnlightenmentDirectOkayOrganizationAskingCommunismCooperationThousand YearsSelf InterestOffspringHuman ConsciousnessHigher Goals Author:David Gerrold
“Cooperation and conflict are two sides of the same coin; both arise out of man's relationship with his fellows. The larger the group, the greater the possibility of development through cooperation, and the greater the possibility of conflict.” MenTwoSidesGreaterGroupsPossibilityDevelopmentConflictFellowsAriseCooperationCoinsTwo Sides Author:Julius Nyerere
“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.” PeopleLongEndsHelpingDifferencesJusticeAchieveConflictHatredProsperityDefinedEmpoweringCyclesCooperationOur RelationshipSuspicionDiscord Author:Barack Obama
“Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.” FirstsCountryWholeLawValuesGoalRightsAchieveBuildingCollegeConflictDemocraticToleranceOur CountryResolutionCooperationAmendmentsConsensusFirst AmendmentPluralismFirst Amendment RightsConsensus Building Author:Samuel Alito
“We live to prove that cooperation works better than conflict.” ConflictProveCooperation Author:William J. Clinton
“Whether we live together in confidence and cohesion; with more faith and pride in ourselves and less self-doubt and hesitation; strong in the conviction that the destiny of Canada is to unite, not divide; sharing in cooperation, not in separation or in conflict; respecting our past and welcoming our future.” SelfTogetherPastStrongDestinyDoubtPrideConflictConvictionSeparationWelcomeCanadaDividesOur FutureCooperationOur PastHesitationSelf-doubtCohesionCanada DayCanada FunnyCanada Being Great Author:Lester B. Pearson
“It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.” SuccessConflictCompetitionTeamworkCooperationGreatest SuccessCooperation TeamworkCooperation And TeamworkCooperative Learning Author:Ralph Charell
“I think that what started out as a European Union originally was probably a really wonderful and world-changing idea, the idea of a kind of cooperation and interdependence between countries. But the idea that individualization would work on common ground, not on conflict, not against each other, but to find how each benefitted from the other I thought was an incredibly hopeful and positive possibility.” ThinkingWorldKindIdeasCountryCommonWonderfulPossibilityConflictUnionsHopefulCooperationEuropean UnionInterdependenceCommon GroundIndividualization Author:Tavis Smiley
“There must be a cooperation of all who believe in God, knowing that authentic religiousness - far from placing individuals and peoples in conflict with one another - rather pushes them together to build a world of peace.” WorldBelieveTogetherIndividualPeaceKnowingConflictBelieve In GodCooperationGod Knows Author:Pope John Paul II
“Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentProblemGrowsSoundMediaPoliticianConflictDiseaseConcernedComplexesCongressProfitDebateTendenciesDataAnalysisSensitivePrizeCooperationBitesStaffSymptomsDifferent PlacePartisansMaineSound BitesIncivility Author:Tom Allen
“The argument culture urges us to approach the world-and the people in it-in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: Conflict and opposition are as necessary as cooperation and agreement, but the scale is off balance, with conflict and opposition over-weighted.” PeopleWorldWayMindDoneCultureBalanceConflictApproachArgumentScalesBest WayAssumptionOppositionUrgesAgreementCooperationFrame Of Mind Author:Deborah Tannen
“Despite all the noise and hullabaloo - military cooperation, intelligence cooperation, all of that has continued. We have defended them consistently in every imaginable way. But I also believe that both for our national interests and Israel's national interests that allowing an ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that could get worse and worse over time is a problem. And that settlements contribute.” WayBelieveProblemInterestMilitaryConflictIsraelNoiseDespiteAllowingCooperationPalestinianConsistentlyOngoingSettlementNational Interests Author:Barack Obama
“We have our differences with Russia. And some of those differences produce conflict. But by no means is this the Soviet Union. We have far more areas of cooperation with Russia than we have areas of conflict.” MeanDifferencesProduceConflictAreasUnionsRussiaCooperationSovietSoviet Union Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I think that all moralities adequately serving the function of fostering social cooperation must contain a norm of reciprocity - a norm of returning good for good received. Such a norm is a necessity, I argue, because it helps relieve the strains on motivation of contributing to social cooperation when it comes into conflict with self-interest.” ThinkingHelpingMotivationMoralityConflictArguingCooperationNormReciprocity Author:David Wong
“Part of the reason I'm doing Us + Them tour is to play my part in trying to spread the message that cooperation is a better way to resolve conflicts than confrontation. That bridges are better than walls, that nationalism and exceptionalism is destroying our world and destroying our lives.” WorldTryingReasonWallConflictSpreadNationalismResolveCooperationConfrontation Author:Roger Waters
“Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.” PeopleValuesDifferencesTeamEmotionalActivityConflictHighestPsychologicalAlternativesWorking TogetherTeamworkCollaborationCooperationConsensusExploitsTeam BuildingTeam WorkSynergyTeamwTeam WorkingBuilding A TeamCooperation TeamworkInspirational TeamworkCooperation And TeamworkInspirational Team BuildingTeamwork In EducationTeam Building Inspiration Author:Stephen Covey
“If you believe in a security strategy - a strategy of more friends and fewer enemies, a strategy of greater cooperation and a strategy of keeping America better at home as we grow more diverse - we have to build the minds and hearts to build this kind of world.” IfsWorldMindBelieveHeartKindHomeAmericaGrowsEnemyGreaterSecurityConflictStrategyResolutionCooperationFewerDiverseHeart And MindIf You BelieveWin Win Author:William J. Clinton
“When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.” PeopleWorldMayDoeRealHurtConflictToughAngryConstantBe GoodReal WorldCooperationFrustratedUncertain Author:William J. Clinton
“When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.” WorldMayRealBrokenConflictToughConstantBe GoodClockReal WorldCooperation Author:William J. Clinton