“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
“Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.” WayMeanEndsStatesForceProcessInterestAchieveConditionsJudgingConflictArisePursueDefinedConsistentAnarchyUnitsConflict Of Interest Book:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Source: Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
“Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and conflict, but rather by the more subtle qualities of tone and mood. It is a film 'noir', as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white.” FilmWhiteQualityConflictWesternMoodSettingSettingsDefinedGenreToneSubtleGrayConventionsGangstersNoirFilm Noir Author:Paul Schrader
“Current conflicts and guilt about being a woman who is a mother and a person in her own right are a socially defined malaise, notan individual problem.... The conflict is not between being a mother and having a career; it is between nineteenth-century ideas about children and today's ideas about women.” ChildrenPersonsIdeasProblemTodayMotherIndividualWomenWorkCareersCenturyConflictGuiltCurrentsDefinedMen WomenBeing A WomanNineteenth CenturyBeing A MotherMalaise Author:Sandra Scarr
“For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth is that the policies of the government is sometimes in conflict with that. In our country, patriotism should not be defined as obedience to an authority.” ShouldFirstsCountrySometimesGovernmentPrinciplesPolicyTruth IsConflictAuthorityConstitutionOur CountryDefinedObediencePatrioticLoyalAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in which each party wishes to occupy a position that is incompatible with the wishes of the other.” MayWishPartySituationPositionConflictCompetitionDefinedIncompatibility Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“We've always defined conflict fairly broadly from ideological conflict to troops on the ground. For quite some time we've talked about a focus on Palestine. Certainly no one can deny that Israel is conflict with Palestine and no one can deny that the U.S. is the largest supporter of Israel internationally - not only financially, but also in the United Nations where the United States is one of the very few countries that does not recognize Palestine as a state.” DoeCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesFocusConflictIsraelDenyDefinedTroopsSupporterPalestineUnited NationsIdeological Author:Jon Rubin
“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.” IfsWantMayEndsFactsBigsActionValuesChoicesHavensHonestyExampleConflictBehaviorStressWhat You WantUnhappyDefinedFinding YourselfLiarsHanging OutFrustratedBig ThingsOur ActionsPsychologistMaking ChoicesDespondent Author:Darren Hardy
“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